Waialua vs Wheeler AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Waialua and Wheeler AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Waialua and Wheeler AFB are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waialua has the higher population (3,015 vs 2,196 in Wheeler AFB). Wheeler AFB has the higher median household income ($88,409 vs $84,656 in Waialua). Since 2019, Wheeler AFB's population has grown faster (-5.8% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
Population	3,015	2,196
Median age	47.8 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,656	$88,409
Median home value	$942,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,707	$2,790
Housing units	1,242	871
Homeownership rate	59.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
Population	3,308 → 3,015 (-8.9%)	2,331 → 2,196 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$82,750 → $84,656 (+2.3%)	$66,163 → $88,409 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$687,500 → $942,300 (+37.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,707 (+28.1%)	$2,803 → $2,790 (-0.5%)

Waialua

Population

3,3083,015

Median household income

$82,750$84,656

Median home value

$687,500$942,300

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,707

Wheeler AFB

Population

2,3312,196

Median household income

$66,163$88,409

Median gross rent

$2,803$2,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
Under 5	1.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	30.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	24.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	0.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	0.2%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	52.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.1%	3.3%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	26.6%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
No high school diploma	5.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
Drove alone	81.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.5%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
1-unit, detached	72.1%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	46.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	32.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waialua	Wheeler AFB
Poverty rate	11.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1965	1975