Urban Honolulu vs Waipahu

A side-by-side comparison of Urban Honolulu and Waipahu: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Urban Honolulu has the higher population (346,323 vs 39,871 in Waipahu). Waipahu has the higher median household income ($98,633 vs $85,428 in Urban Honolulu). Waipahu has the higher median home value ($835,400 vs $834,100 in Urban Honolulu).

Population, income & housing

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
Population	346,323	39,871
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,428	$98,633
Median home value	$834,100	$835,400
Median gross rent	$1,783	$1,585
Housing units	156,251	9,486
Homeownership rate	48.6%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
Population	348,985 → 346,323 (-0.8%)	39,469 → 39,871 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$71,465 → $85,428 (+19.5%)	$78,204 → $98,633 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$683,000 → $834,100 (+22.1%)	$626,600 → $835,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,491 → $1,783 (+19.6%)	$1,343 → $1,585 (+18.0%)

Urban Honolulu

Population

348,985346,323

Median household income

$71,465$85,428

Median home value

$683,000$834,100

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,783

Waipahu

Population

39,46939,871

Median household income

$78,204$98,633

Median home value

$626,600$835,400

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.6%
75 and over	10.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	2.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	52.4%	67.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.2%	12.9%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	14.9%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
No high school diploma	9.1%	14.8%
High school graduate	22.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
Drove alone	55.7%	59.6%
Carpooled	14.2%	16.9%
Public transit	7.9%	12.2%
Walked	7.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	4.2%
Other means	3.7%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
1-unit, detached	27.2%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	17.5%
20 or more units	48.2%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Urban Honolulu	Waipahu
Poverty rate	11.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.47	4.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1973	1971