Kapolei vs Wahiawa

A side-by-side comparison of Kapolei and Wahiawa: population, income, housing, and more.

Kapolei and Wahiawa are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kapolei has the higher population (23,033 vs 17,515 in Wahiawa). Kapolei has the higher median household income ($129,260 vs $86,883 in Wahiawa). Kapolei has the higher median home value ($720,600 vs $716,800 in Wahiawa).

Population, income & housing

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
Population	23,033	17,515
Median age	33.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,260	$86,883
Median home value	$720,600	$716,800
Median gross rent	$2,507	$1,443
Housing units	7,260	6,601
Homeownership rate	78.2%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
Population	21,674 → 23,033 (+6.3%)	17,122 → 17,515 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$103,547 → $129,260 (+24.8%)	$62,092 → $86,883 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$570,800 → $720,600 (+26.2%)	$590,900 → $716,800 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,507 (+32.7%)	$1,288 → $1,443 (+12.0%)

Kapolei

Population

21,67423,033

Median household income

$103,547$129,260

Median home value

$570,800$720,600

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,507

Wahiawa

Population

17,12217,515

Median household income

$62,092$86,883

Median home value

$590,900$716,800

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
Under 5	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	23.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.2%
75 and over	4.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	10.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.9%	42.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.3%	8.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	26.8%	22.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
Drove alone	71.0%	64.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	18.6%
Public transit	2.9%	6.4%
Walked	1.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
1-unit, detached	59.8%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	15.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kapolei	Wahiawa
Poverty rate	8.1%	17.2%
Average household size	3.33	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	2006	1965