Hanamaulu vs Wailua Homesteads

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

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

Wailua Homesteads has the higher population (7,136 vs 4,360 in Hanamaulu). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median household income ($94,900 vs $80,094 in Hanamaulu). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median home value ($898,300 vs $634,700 in Hanamaulu).

Population, income & housing

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
Population	4,360	7,136
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,094	$94,900
Median home value	$634,700	$898,300
Median gross rent	$1,452	$2,052
Housing units	1,237	2,422
Homeownership rate	60.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
Population	5,150 → 4,360 (-15.3%)	6,117 → 7,136 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$69,821 → $80,094 (+14.7%)	$92,235 → $94,900 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$469,500 → $634,700 (+35.2%)	$617,500 → $898,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,452 (+26.7%)	$1,941 → $2,052 (+5.7%)

Hanamaulu

Population

5,1504,360

Median household income

$69,821$80,094

Median home value

$469,500$634,700

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,452

Wailua Homesteads

Population

6,1177,136

Median household income

$92,235$94,900

Median home value

$617,500$898,300

Median gross rent

$1,941$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
Under 5	2.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	15.5%
75 and over	9.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	6.5%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	46.4%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.7%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	20.2%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
Drove alone	67.5%	65.0%
Carpooled	28.1%	17.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	16.1%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
1-unit, detached	60.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hanamaulu	Wailua Homesteads
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.5%
Average household size	4.01	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1975	1985