Ocean Pointe vs Waimalu

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

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

Ocean Pointe has the higher population (16,276 vs 14,176 in Waimalu). Ocean Pointe has the higher median household income ($143,394 vs $89,016 in Waimalu). Ocean Pointe has the higher median home value ($877,600 vs $597,700 in Waimalu).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
Population	16,276	14,176
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$143,394	$89,016
Median home value	$877,600	$597,700
Median gross rent	$3,347	$1,892
Housing units	5,415	6,301
Homeownership rate	78.8%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
Population	14,989 → 16,276 (+8.6%)	14,043 → 14,176 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$119,934 → $143,394 (+19.6%)	$81,054 → $89,016 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$665,200 → $877,600 (+31.9%)	$446,800 → $597,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,013 → $3,347 (+11.1%)	$1,763 → $1,892 (+7.3%)

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

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)

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
Under 5	9.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	19.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.4%	12.3%
75 and over	2.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	11.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	33.1%	53.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	5.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	12.5%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
Drove alone	76.8%	68.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	13.7%
Public transit	1.1%	3.5%
Walked	1.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
1-unit, detached	61.2%	20.5%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	50.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Pointe	Waimalu
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.7%
Average household size	3.13	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	2008	1976