Mokuleia vs Wheeler AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Mokuleia and Wheeler AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheeler AFB has the higher population (2,196 vs 1,684 in Mokuleia). Wheeler AFB has the higher median household income ($88,409 vs $83,571 in Mokuleia). Since 2019, Wheeler AFB's population has grown faster (-5.8% vs -14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
Population	1,684	2,196
Median age	41.9 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,571	$88,409
Median home value	$989,100	—
Median gross rent	$2,353	$2,790
Housing units	957	871
Homeownership rate	55.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
Population	1,959 → 1,684 (-14.0%)	2,331 → 2,196 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$85,667 → $83,571 (-2.4%)	$66,163 → $88,409 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$685,600 → $989,100 (+44.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,103 → $2,353 (+11.9%)	$2,803 → $2,790 (-0.5%)

Mokuleia

Population

1,9591,684

Median household income

$85,667$83,571

Median home value

$685,600$989,100

Median gross rent

$2,103$2,353

Wheeler AFB

Population

2,3312,196

Median household income

$66,163$88,409

Median gross rent

$2,803$2,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
Under 5	3.7%	11.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	30.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	24.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	0.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	0.2%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	52.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	3.3%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
No high school diploma	0.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	15.9%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
Drove alone	64.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	6.2%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.0%	2.8%
Other means	2.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
1-unit, detached	42.9%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	46.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	32.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	32.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mokuleia	Wheeler AFB
Poverty rate	13.5%	1.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1975	1975