Nanakuli vs Waipio

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

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

Nanakuli has the higher population (12,282 vs 11,196 in Waipio). Waipio has the higher median household income ($106,164 vs $81,493 in Nanakuli). Waipio has the higher median home value ($709,500 vs $473,000 in Nanakuli).

Population, income & housing

	Nanakuli	Waipio
Population	12,282	11,196
Median age	35.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,493	$106,164
Median home value	$473,000	$709,500
Median gross rent	$1,671	$2,248
Housing units	3,246	4,377
Homeownership rate	65.5%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanakuli	Waipio
Population	11,461 → 12,282 (+7.2%)	11,469 → 11,196 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$75,031 → $81,493 (+8.6%)	$89,882 → $106,164 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$370,600 → $473,000 (+27.6%)	$536,300 → $709,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,562 → $1,671 (+7.0%)	$1,827 → $2,248 (+23.0%)

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

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)

	Nanakuli	Waipio
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.1%
75 and over	6.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanakuli	Waipio
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	6.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.1%
Asian	4.6%	57.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	48.4%	6.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.9%	21.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanakuli	Waipio
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	55.2%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanakuli	Waipio
Drove alone	66.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	16.3%	17.7%
Public transit	7.1%	3.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanakuli	Waipio
1-unit, detached	75.8%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	33.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Nanakuli	Waipio
Poverty rate	16.6%	6.3%
Average household size	4.15	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1977	1984