Makaha vs Waipio

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

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

Waipio has the higher population (11,196 vs 9,898 in Makaha). Waipio has the higher median household income ($106,164 vs $63,291 in Makaha). Waipio has the higher median home value ($709,500 vs $416,100 in Makaha).

Population, income & housing

	Makaha	Waipio
Population	9,898	11,196
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,291	$106,164
Median home value	$416,100	$709,500
Median gross rent	$1,871	$2,248
Housing units	4,308	4,377
Homeownership rate	41.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Makaha	Waipio
Population	8,404 → 9,898 (+17.8%)	11,469 → 11,196 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$50,992 → $63,291 (+24.1%)	$89,882 → $106,164 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$404,900 → $416,100 (+2.8%)	$536,300 → $709,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,871 (+27.5%)	$1,827 → $2,248 (+23.0%)

Makaha

Population

8,4049,898

Median household income

$50,992$63,291

Median home value

$404,900$416,100

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,871

Waipio

Population

11,46911,196

Median household income

$89,882$106,164

Median home value

$536,300$709,500

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Makaha	Waipio
Under 5	10.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.1%
75 and over	4.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Makaha	Waipio
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	6.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	10.1%	57.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	26.9%	6.6%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.0%	21.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Makaha	Waipio
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Makaha	Waipio
Drove alone	59.4%	69.9%
Carpooled	16.6%	17.7%
Public transit	11.8%	3.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Makaha	Waipio
1-unit, detached	34.2%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	33.8%
20 or more units	37.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Makaha	Waipio
Poverty rate	25.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.98	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	49	29
Median year structure built	1976	1984