Waimanalo vs Waipio Acres

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

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

Waimanalo has the higher population (5,634 vs 5,146 in Waipio Acres). Waimanalo has the higher median household income ($114,896 vs $95,781 in Waipio Acres). Waimanalo has the higher median home value ($711,800 vs $602,600 in Waipio Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
Population	5,634	5,146
Median age	33.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,896	$95,781
Median home value	$711,800	$602,600
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,958
Housing units	1,448	1,960
Homeownership rate	74.3%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
Population	5,538 → 5,634 (+1.7%)	5,451 → 5,146 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$102,656 → $114,896 (+11.9%)	$78,447 → $95,781 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$604,900 → $711,800 (+17.7%)	$399,200 → $602,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,786 (+38.2%)	$1,748 → $1,958 (+12.0%)

Waimanalo

Population

5,5385,634

Median household income

$102,656$114,896

Median home value

$604,900$711,800

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,786

Waipio Acres

Population

5,4515,146

Median household income

$78,447$95,781

Median home value

$399,200$602,600

Median gross rent

$1,748$1,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.0%
75 and over	5.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.4%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	24.4%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	33.8%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	44.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
Drove alone	61.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	19.0%	9.2%
Public transit	5.1%	3.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	5.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
1-unit, detached	58.6%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	27.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	14.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	38.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waimanalo	Waipio Acres
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.4%
Average household size	4.27	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1976	1974