Eleele vs Waimea

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

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

Eleele has the higher population (2,339 vs 2,070 in Waimea). Eleele has the higher median household income ($122,308 vs $87,222 in Waimea). Eleele has the higher median home value ($684,900 vs $573,900 in Waimea).

Population, income & housing

	Eleele	Waimea
Population	2,339	2,070
Median age	38.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,308	$87,222
Median home value	$684,900	$573,900
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,664
Housing units	667	848
Homeownership rate	70.5%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleele	Waimea
Population	3,145 → 2,339 (-25.6%)	1,865 → 2,070 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$87,543 → $122,308 (+39.7%)	$83,523 → $87,222 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $684,900 (+54.3%)	$462,500 → $573,900 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,348 (+6.3%)	$1,146 → $1,664 (+45.2%)

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

Waimea

Population

1,8652,070

Median household income

$83,523$87,222

Median home value

$462,500$573,900

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleele	Waimea
Under 5	8.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.9%
75 and over	6.2%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleele	Waimea
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	20.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.3%	28.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	9.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.5%	34.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleele	Waimea
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleele	Waimea
Drove alone	87.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.5%
Public transit	1.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.3%	13.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleele	Waimea
1-unit, detached	82.6%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eleele	Waimea
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.7%
Average household size	3.69	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1989	1972