Nanakuli vs Waianae

A side-by-side comparison of Nanakuli and Waianae: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waianae has the higher population (12,907 vs 12,282 in Nanakuli). Waianae has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $81,493 in Nanakuli). Waianae has the higher median home value ($487,200 vs $473,000 in Nanakuli).

Population, income & housing

	Nanakuli	Waianae
Population	12,282	12,907
Median age	35.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,493	$84,766
Median home value	$473,000	$487,200
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,307
Housing units	3,246	3,694
Homeownership rate	65.5%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanakuli	Waianae
Population	11,461 → 12,282 (+7.2%)	13,609 → 12,907 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$75,031 → $81,493 (+8.6%)	$62,172 → $84,766 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$370,600 → $473,000 (+27.6%)	$375,100 → $487,200 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,562 → $1,671 (+7.0%)	$996 → $1,307 (+31.2%)

Nanakuli

Population

11,46112,282

Median household income

$75,031$81,493

Median home value

$370,600$473,000

Median gross rent

$1,562$1,671

Waianae

Population

13,60912,907

Median household income

$62,172$84,766

Median home value

$375,100$487,200

Median gross rent

$996$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanakuli	Waianae
Under 5	6.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanakuli	Waianae
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	48.4%	41.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	27.9%	27.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanakuli	Waianae
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	55.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanakuli	Waianae
Drove alone	66.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	16.3%	15.3%
Public transit	7.1%	10.6%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	3.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanakuli	Waianae
1-unit, detached	75.8%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Nanakuli	Waianae
Poverty rate	16.6%	17.0%
Average household size	4.15	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	38	41
Median year structure built	1977	1979