Wahiawa vs Waimalu

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

Wahiawa and Waimalu 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 14,176 in Waimalu). Waimalu has the higher median household income ($89,016 vs $86,883 in Wahiawa). Wahiawa has the higher median home value ($716,800 vs $597,700 in Waimalu).

Population, income & housing

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
Population	17,515	14,176
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,883	$89,016
Median home value	$716,800	$597,700
Median gross rent	$1,443	$1,892
Housing units	6,601	6,301
Homeownership rate	53.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
Population	17,122 → 17,515 (+2.3%)	14,043 → 14,176 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$62,092 → $86,883 (+39.9%)	$81,054 → $89,016 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$590,900 → $716,800 (+21.3%)	$446,800 → $597,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,443 (+12.0%)	$1,763 → $1,892 (+7.3%)

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

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)

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
White (non-Hispanic)	10.1%	11.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	42.0%	53.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.9%	5.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.1%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
Drove alone	64.2%	68.2%
Carpooled	18.6%	13.7%
Public transit	6.4%	3.5%
Walked	3.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
1-unit, detached	57.8%	20.5%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	12.8%
20 or more units	9.9%	50.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wahiawa	Waimalu
Poverty rate	17.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.91	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1965	1976