Waikele vs West Loch Estate

A side-by-side comparison of Waikele and West Loch Estate: population, income, housing, and more.

Waikele and West Loch Estate are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waikele has the higher population (7,950 vs 6,441 in West Loch Estate). West Loch Estate has the higher median household income ($124,009 vs $111,971 in Waikele). West Loch Estate has the higher median home value ($833,500 vs $696,400 in Waikele).

Population, income & housing

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
Population	7,950	6,441
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,971	$124,009
Median home value	$696,400	$833,500
Median gross rent	$2,739	$2,685
Housing units	3,080	1,740
Homeownership rate	69.5%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
Population	7,442 → 7,950 (+6.8%)	6,139 → 6,441 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$107,578 → $111,971 (+4.1%)	$106,938 → $124,009 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$508,000 → $696,400 (+37.1%)	$613,000 → $833,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,317 → $2,739 (+18.2%)	$1,243 → $2,685 (+116.0%)

Waikele

Population

7,4427,950

Median household income

$107,578$111,971

Median home value

$508,000$696,400

Median gross rent

$2,317$2,739

West Loch Estate

Population

6,1396,441

Median household income

$106,938$124,009

Median home value

$613,000$833,500

Median gross rent

$1,243$2,685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.9%
75 and over	7.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
White (non-Hispanic)	8.1%	3.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	52.8%	46.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.3%	9.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.7%	25.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	23.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
Drove alone	74.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	16.6%
Public transit	3.1%	3.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.8%
Other means	1.9%	8.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
1-unit, detached	39.7%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	17.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waikele	West Loch Estate
Poverty rate	4.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.64	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1995	1992