Eleele vs Wailua

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

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

Wailua has the higher population (2,544 vs 2,339 in Eleele). Eleele has the higher median household income ($122,308 vs $68,548 in Wailua). Wailua has the higher median home value ($697,300 vs $684,900 in Eleele).

Population, income & housing

	Eleele	Wailua
Population	2,339	2,544
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$122,308	$68,548
Median home value	$684,900	$697,300
Median gross rent	$1,348	$2,272
Housing units	667	1,517
Homeownership rate	70.5%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleele	Wailua
Population	3,145 → 2,339 (-25.6%)	2,915 → 2,544 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$87,543 → $122,308 (+39.7%)	$56,927 → $68,548 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $684,900 (+54.3%)	$492,800 → $697,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,348 (+6.3%)	$1,430 → $2,272 (+58.9%)

Eleele

Population

3,1452,339

Median household income

$87,543$122,308

Median home value

$443,800$684,900

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,348

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)

	Eleele	Wailua
Under 5	8.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	15.9%
75 and over	6.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleele	Wailua
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	38.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.3%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.5%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleele	Wailua
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleele	Wailua
Drove alone	87.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	15.4%
Public transit	1.3%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleele	Wailua
1-unit, detached	82.6%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eleele	Wailua
Poverty rate	5.6%	20.5%
Average household size	3.69	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1989	1976