Anahola vs Wailua

A side-by-side comparison of Anahola and Wailua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anahola has the higher population (3,098 vs 2,544 in Wailua). Anahola has the higher median household income ($96,207 vs $68,548 in Wailua). Wailua has the higher median home value ($697,300 vs $524,900 in Anahola).

Population, income & housing

	Anahola	Wailua
Population	3,098	2,544
Median age	40.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,207	$68,548
Median home value	$524,900	$697,300
Median gross rent	$1,479	$2,272
Housing units	828	1,517
Homeownership rate	90.4%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anahola	Wailua
Population	2,311 → 3,098 (+34.1%)	2,915 → 2,544 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$67,981 → $96,207 (+41.5%)	$56,927 → $68,548 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$439,000 → $524,900 (+19.6%)	$492,800 → $697,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,479 (+18.3%)	$1,430 → $2,272 (+58.9%)

Anahola

Population

2,3113,098

Median household income

$67,981$96,207

Median home value

$439,000$524,900

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,479

Wailua

Population

2,9152,544

Median household income

$56,927$68,548

Median home value

$492,800$697,300

Median gross rent

$1,430$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anahola	Wailua
Under 5	7.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.9%
75 and over	9.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anahola	Wailua
White (non-Hispanic)	10.7%	38.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	54.9%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.6%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anahola	Wailua
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	52.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anahola	Wailua
Drove alone	83.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	15.4%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anahola	Wailua
1-unit, detached	92.1%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anahola	Wailua
Poverty rate	9.9%	20.5%
Average household size	3.91	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1990	1976