Nanakuli vs Waimalu

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

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

Waimalu has the higher population (14,176 vs 12,282 in Nanakuli). Waimalu has the higher median household income ($89,016 vs $81,493 in Nanakuli). Waimalu has the higher median home value ($597,700 vs $473,000 in Nanakuli).

Population, income & housing

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
Population	12,282	14,176
Median age	35.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,493	$89,016
Median home value	$473,000	$597,700
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,892
Housing units	3,246	6,301
Homeownership rate	65.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
Population	11,461 → 12,282 (+7.2%)	14,043 → 14,176 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$75,031 → $81,493 (+8.6%)	$81,054 → $89,016 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$370,600 → $473,000 (+27.6%)	$446,800 → $597,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,562 → $1,671 (+7.0%)	$1,763 → $1,892 (+7.3%)

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

Waimalu

Population

14,04314,176

Median household income

$81,054$89,016

Median home value

$446,800$597,700

Median gross rent

$1,763$1,892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.3%
75 and over	6.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	11.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	53.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	48.4%	5.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.9%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	55.2%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
Drove alone	66.0%	68.2%
Carpooled	16.3%	13.7%
Public transit	7.1%	3.5%
Walked	2.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
1-unit, detached	75.8%	20.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	12.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	50.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nanakuli	Waimalu
Poverty rate	16.6%	7.7%
Average household size	4.15	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	1977	1976