Pupukea vs Waipio Acres

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

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

Waipio Acres has the higher population (5,146 vs 4,853 in Pupukea). Pupukea has the higher median household income ($98,771 vs $95,781 in Waipio Acres). Pupukea has the higher median home value ($1,331,800 vs $602,600 in Waipio Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
Population	4,853	5,146
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,771	$95,781
Median home value	$1,331,800	$602,600
Median gross rent	$1,991	$1,958
Housing units	1,787	1,960
Homeownership rate	56.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
Population	4,443 → 4,853 (+9.2%)	5,451 → 5,146 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$99,265 → $98,771 (-0.5%)	$78,447 → $95,781 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$1,178,500 → $1,331,800 (+13.0%)	$399,200 → $602,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,991 (+6.5%)	$1,748 → $1,958 (+12.0%)

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

Waipio Acres

Population

5,4515,146

Median household income

$78,447$95,781

Median home value

$399,200$602,600

Median gross rent

$1,748$1,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.8%	10.0%
75 and over	8.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	48.3%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	2.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	25.9%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
Drove alone	76.1%	75.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	5.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
1-unit, detached	75.1%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	17.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	38.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pupukea	Waipio Acres
Poverty rate	14.1%	4.4%
Average household size	3.05	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1975	1974