Ko Olina vs Wheeler AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Ko Olina and Wheeler AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Ko Olina and Wheeler AFB are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheeler AFB has the higher population (2,196 vs 1,677 in Ko Olina). Ko Olina has the higher median household income ($125,577 vs $88,409 in Wheeler AFB). Since 2019, Ko Olina's population has grown faster (-3.7% vs -5.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
Population	1,677	2,196
Median age	43.9 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,577	$88,409
Median home value	$885,500	—
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,790
Housing units	1,611	871
Homeownership rate	63.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
Population	1,742 → 1,677 (-3.7%)	2,331 → 2,196 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$116,985 → $125,577 (+7.3%)	$66,163 → $88,409 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$657,600 → $885,500 (+34.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,811 → $3,501 (+24.5%)	$2,803 → $2,790 (-0.5%)

Ko Olina

Population

1,7421,677

Median household income

$116,985$125,577

Median home value

$657,600$885,500

Median gross rent

$2,811$3,501

Wheeler AFB

Population

2,3312,196

Median household income

$66,163$88,409

Median gross rent

$2,803$2,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
Under 5	3.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	1.8%	30.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	24.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	0.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	0.2%
75 and over	9.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	52.7%
Black or African American	6.9%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	3.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	6.7%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
Drove alone	69.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.0%
Public transit	4.6%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	6.2%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.6%	2.8%
Other means	0.7%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
1-unit, detached	8.4%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	46.3%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	32.1%
5 to 19 units	29.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	22.2%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ko Olina	Wheeler AFB
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	—	1975