Ocean Pointe vs Wahiawa

A side-by-side comparison of Ocean Pointe and Wahiawa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wahiawa has the higher population (17,515 vs 16,276 in Ocean Pointe). Ocean Pointe has the higher median household income ($143,394 vs $86,883 in Wahiawa). Ocean Pointe has the higher median home value ($877,600 vs $716,800 in Wahiawa).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
Population	16,276	17,515
Median age	32.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,394	$86,883
Median home value	$877,600	$716,800
Median gross rent	$3,347	$1,443
Housing units	5,415	6,601
Homeownership rate	78.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
Population	14,989 → 16,276 (+8.6%)	17,122 → 17,515 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$119,934 → $143,394 (+19.6%)	$62,092 → $86,883 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$665,200 → $877,600 (+31.9%)	$590,900 → $716,800 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,013 → $3,347 (+11.1%)	$1,288 → $1,443 (+12.0%)

Ocean Pointe

Population

14,98916,276

Median household income

$119,934$143,394

Median home value

$665,200$877,600

Median gross rent

$3,013$3,347

Wahiawa

Population

17,12217,515

Median household income

$62,092$86,883

Median home value

$590,900$716,800

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
Under 5	9.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	19.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.2%
75 and over	2.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	10.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	33.1%	42.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	8.9%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	21.7%	22.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	12.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
Drove alone	76.8%	64.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	18.6%
Public transit	1.1%	6.4%
Walked	1.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.4%
Other means	2.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
1-unit, detached	61.2%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	15.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Pointe	Wahiawa
Poverty rate	3.2%	17.2%
Average household size	3.13	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	2008	1965