Pupukea vs Waimanalo Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Pupukea and Waimanalo Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pupukea has the higher population (4,853 vs 4,587 in Waimanalo Beach). Waimanalo Beach has the higher median household income ($120,769 vs $98,771 in Pupukea). Pupukea has the higher median home value ($1,331,800 vs $816,500 in Waimanalo Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
Population	4,853	4,587
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,771	$120,769
Median home value	$1,331,800	$816,500
Median gross rent	$1,991	$1,000
Housing units	1,787	1,211
Homeownership rate	56.7%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
Population	4,443 → 4,853 (+9.2%)	4,076 → 4,587 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$99,265 → $98,771 (-0.5%)	$85,515 → $120,769 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$1,178,500 → $1,331,800 (+13.0%)	$576,400 → $816,500 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,991 (+6.5%)	$829 → $1,000 (+20.6%)

Pupukea

Population

4,4434,853

Median household income

$99,265$98,771

Median home value

$1,178,500$1,331,800

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,991

Waimanalo Beach

Population

4,0764,587

Median household income

$85,515$120,769

Median home value

$576,400$816,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
Under 5	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	14.4%
75 and over	8.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	48.3%	8.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	38.7%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	25.9%	37.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
No high school diploma	4.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
Drove alone	76.1%	70.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
1-unit, detached	75.1%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	17.1%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Pupukea	Waimanalo Beach
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.7%
Average household size	3.05	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1975	1973