Hanalei vs Wainiha

A side-by-side comparison of Hanalei and Wainiha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wainiha has the higher population (319 vs 239 in Hanalei). Hanalei has the higher median household income ($114,375 vs $103,906 in Wainiha). Hanalei has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $918,000 in Wainiha).

Population, income & housing

	Hanalei	Wainiha
Population	239	319
Median age	65.3 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,375	$103,906
Median home value	$2,000,001	$918,000
Median gross rent	$2,500	—
Housing units	321	106
Homeownership rate	74.3%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanalei	Wainiha
Population	299 → 239 (-20.1%)	166 → 319 (+92.2%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $114,375 (+167.2%)	$28,500 → $103,906 (+264.6%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$525,000 → $918,000 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,768 → $2,500 (+41.4%)	$933 → $1,075 (+15.2%)

Hanalei

Population

299239

Median household income

$42,813$114,375

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,768$2,500

Wainiha

Population

166319

Median household income

$28,500$103,906

Median home value

$525,000$918,000

Median gross rent

$933$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanalei	Wainiha
Under 5	0.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	4.6%	31.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	1.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	4.4%
65 to 74	41.0%	19.1%
75 and over	10.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanalei	Wainiha
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	37.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanalei	Wainiha
No high school diploma	13.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	3.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	46.7%	42.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanalei	Wainiha
Drove alone	64.8%	59.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanalei	Wainiha
1-unit, detached	91.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanalei	Wainiha
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.37	4.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1981	1989