Waianae vs Waipio

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

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

Waianae has the higher population (12,907 vs 11,196 in Waipio). Waipio has the higher median household income ($106,164 vs $84,766 in Waianae). Waipio has the higher median home value ($709,500 vs $487,200 in Waianae).

Population, income & housing

	Waianae	Waipio
Population	12,907	11,196
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,766	$106,164
Median home value	$487,200	$709,500
Median gross rent	$1,307	$2,248
Housing units	3,694	4,377
Homeownership rate	65.5%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waianae	Waipio
Population	13,609 → 12,907 (-5.2%)	11,469 → 11,196 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$62,172 → $84,766 (+36.3%)	$89,882 → $106,164 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$375,100 → $487,200 (+29.9%)	$536,300 → $709,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,307 (+31.2%)	$1,827 → $2,248 (+23.0%)

Waianae

Population

13,60912,907

Median household income

$62,172$84,766

Median home value

$375,100$487,200

Median gross rent

$996$1,307

Waipio

Population

11,46911,196

Median household income

$89,882$106,164

Median home value

$536,300$709,500

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waianae	Waipio
Under 5	7.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.1%
75 and over	4.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waianae	Waipio
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	6.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.4%	57.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	41.6%	6.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.2%	21.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waianae	Waipio
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	49.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waianae	Waipio
Drove alone	67.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	15.3%	17.7%
Public transit	10.6%	3.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.5%	6.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waianae	Waipio
1-unit, detached	66.2%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	33.8%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Waianae	Waipio
Poverty rate	17.0%	6.3%
Average household size	3.63	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	41	29
Median year structure built	1979	1984