Maunawili vs Waialua

A side-by-side comparison of Maunawili and Waialua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waialua has the higher population (3,015 vs 2,288 in Maunawili). Maunawili has the higher median household income ($176,528 vs $84,656 in Waialua). Maunawili has the higher median home value ($1,404,800 vs $942,300 in Waialua).

Population, income & housing

	Maunawili	Waialua
Population	2,288	3,015
Median age	53.1 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$176,528	$84,656
Median home value	$1,404,800	$942,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,707
Housing units	764	1,242
Homeownership rate	90.6%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.8%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maunawili	Waialua
Population	1,977 → 2,288 (+15.7%)	3,308 → 3,015 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$141,136 → $176,528 (+25.1%)	$82,750 → $84,656 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$1,080,000 → $1,404,800 (+30.1%)	$687,500 → $942,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)	$1,333 → $1,707 (+28.1%)

Maunawili

Population

1,9772,288

Median household income

$141,136$176,528

Median home value

$1,080,000$1,404,800

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

Waialua

Population

3,3083,015

Median household income

$82,750$84,656

Median home value

$687,500$942,300

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maunawili	Waialua
Under 5	2.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	17.4%
75 and over	15.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maunawili	Waialua
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	27.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	41.1%	28.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.0%	6.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	27.8%	26.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maunawili	Waialua
No high school diploma	0.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	10.6%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maunawili	Waialua
Drove alone	70.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.5%	1.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maunawili	Waialua
1-unit, detached	95.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maunawili	Waialua
Poverty rate	2.5%	11.6%
Average household size	3.03	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1967	1965