Waialua vs Whitmore Village

A side-by-side comparison of Waialua and Whitmore Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitmore Village has the higher population (3,821 vs 3,015 in Waialua). Whitmore Village has the higher median household income ($102,155 vs $84,656 in Waialua). Waialua has the higher median home value ($942,300 vs $776,200 in Whitmore Village).

Population, income & housing

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
Population	3,015	3,821
Median age	47.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,656	$102,155
Median home value	$942,300	$776,200
Median gross rent	$1,707	$1,813
Housing units	1,242	1,028
Homeownership rate	59.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
Population	3,308 → 3,015 (-8.9%)	3,965 → 3,821 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$82,750 → $84,656 (+2.3%)	$78,355 → $102,155 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$687,500 → $942,300 (+37.1%)	$567,500 → $776,200 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,707 (+28.1%)	$1,295 → $1,813 (+40.0%)

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

Whitmore Village

Population

3,9653,821

Median household income

$78,355$102,155

Median home value

$567,500$776,200

Median gross rent

$1,295$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
Under 5	1.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	12.9%
75 and over	7.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	4.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.4%	52.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.1%	10.8%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	26.6%	17.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
No high school diploma	5.3%	19.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
Drove alone	81.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	19.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.9%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
1-unit, detached	72.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Waialua	Whitmore Village
Poverty rate	11.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.83	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1965	1977