Laie vs Waipio Acres

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

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

Laie has the higher population (5,568 vs 5,146 in Waipio Acres). Laie has the higher median household income ($119,219 vs $95,781 in Waipio Acres). Laie has the higher median home value ($942,700 vs $602,600 in Waipio Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Laie	Waipio Acres
Population	5,568	5,146
Median age	23.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,219	$95,781
Median home value	$942,700	$602,600
Median gross rent	$2,375	$1,958
Housing units	1,272	1,960
Homeownership rate	41.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laie	Waipio Acres
Population	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)	5,451 → 5,146 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)	$78,447 → $95,781 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)	$399,200 → $602,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)	$1,748 → $1,958 (+12.0%)

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

Waipio Acres

Population

5,4515,146

Median household income

$78,447$95,781

Median home value

$399,200$602,600

Median gross rent

$1,748$1,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laie	Waipio Acres
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	33.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	5.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	10.0%
75 and over	1.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laie	Waipio Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	28.3%	2.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	27.7%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laie	Waipio Acres
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laie	Waipio Acres
Drove alone	37.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.2%
Public transit	3.1%	3.2%
Walked	28.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	6.4%	5.2%
Worked from home	12.1%	5.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laie	Waipio Acres
1-unit, detached	36.6%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	14.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	38.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laie	Waipio Acres
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.4%
Average household size	4.28	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1975	1974