Waimanalo Beach vs Whitmore Village

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

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

Waimanalo Beach has the higher population (4,587 vs 3,821 in Whitmore Village). Waimanalo Beach has the higher median household income ($120,769 vs $102,155 in Whitmore Village). Waimanalo Beach has the higher median home value ($816,500 vs $776,200 in Whitmore Village).

Population, income & housing

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
Population	4,587	3,821
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,769	$102,155
Median home value	$816,500	$776,200
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,813
Housing units	1,211	1,028
Homeownership rate	83.8%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
Population	4,076 → 4,587 (+12.5%)	3,965 → 3,821 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$85,515 → $120,769 (+41.2%)	$78,355 → $102,155 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$576,400 → $816,500 (+41.7%)	$567,500 → $776,200 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,000 (+20.6%)	$1,295 → $1,813 (+40.0%)

Waimanalo Beach

Population

4,0764,587

Median household income

$85,515$120,769

Median home value

$576,400$816,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,000

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)

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.9%
75 and over	11.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
White (non-Hispanic)	8.5%	4.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	52.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	38.7%	10.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.6%	17.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
No high school diploma	10.1%	19.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
Drove alone	70.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	19.0%	19.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
1-unit, detached	82.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Waimanalo Beach	Whitmore Village
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.6%
Average household size	3.87	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1973	1977