Laie vs West Loch Estate

A side-by-side comparison of Laie and West Loch Estate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Loch Estate has the higher population (6,441 vs 5,568 in Laie). West Loch Estate has the higher median household income ($124,009 vs $119,219 in Laie). Laie has the higher median home value ($942,700 vs $833,500 in West Loch Estate).

Population, income & housing

	Laie	West Loch Estate
Population	5,568	6,441
Median age	23.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,219	$124,009
Median home value	$942,700	$833,500
Median gross rent	$2,375	$2,685
Housing units	1,272	1,740
Homeownership rate	41.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laie	West Loch Estate
Population	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)	6,139 → 6,441 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)	$106,938 → $124,009 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)	$613,000 → $833,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)	$1,243 → $2,685 (+116.0%)

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

West Loch Estate

Population

6,1396,441

Median household income

$106,938$124,009

Median home value

$613,000$833,500

Median gross rent

$1,243$2,685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laie	West Loch Estate
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	33.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	5.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.5%	10.9%
75 and over	1.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laie	West Loch Estate
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	3.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	46.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	28.3%	9.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.7%	25.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laie	West Loch Estate
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laie	West Loch Estate
Drove alone	37.9%	67.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	16.6%
Public transit	3.1%	3.2%
Walked	28.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	8.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laie	West Loch Estate
1-unit, detached	36.6%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	41.6%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	17.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laie	West Loch Estate
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.2%
Average household size	4.28	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1975	1992