Laie vs Waimanalo

A side-by-side comparison of Laie and Waimanalo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waimanalo has the higher population (5,634 vs 5,568 in Laie). Laie has the higher median household income ($119,219 vs $114,896 in Waimanalo). Laie has the higher median home value ($942,700 vs $711,800 in Waimanalo).

Population, income & housing

	Laie	Waimanalo
Population	5,568	5,634
Median age	23.2 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,219	$114,896
Median home value	$942,700	$711,800
Median gross rent	$2,375	$1,786
Housing units	1,272	1,448
Homeownership rate	41.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laie	Waimanalo
Population	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)	5,538 → 5,634 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)	$102,656 → $114,896 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)	$604,900 → $711,800 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)	$1,292 → $1,786 (+38.2%)

Laie

Population

5,7045,568

Median household income

$95,208$119,219

Median home value

$756,000$942,700

Median gross rent

$1,789$2,375

Waimanalo

Population

5,5385,634

Median household income

$102,656$114,896

Median home value

$604,900$711,800

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laie	Waimanalo
Under 5	6.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.5%
18 to 24	33.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	5.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	11.4%
75 and over	1.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laie	Waimanalo
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	8.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	28.3%	24.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.7%	33.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laie	Waimanalo
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laie	Waimanalo
Drove alone	37.9%	61.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	19.0%
Public transit	3.1%	5.1%
Walked	28.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	6.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	12.1%	9.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laie	Waimanalo
1-unit, detached	36.6%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	27.6%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laie	Waimanalo
Poverty rate	10.4%	12.7%
Average household size	4.28	4.27
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1975	1976