Hanapepe vs Wailua

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

Hanapepe 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 2,288 in Hanapepe). Hanapepe has the higher median household income ($90,319 vs $68,548 in Wailua). Hanapepe has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $697,300 in Wailua).

Population, income & housing

	Hanapepe	Wailua
Population	2,288	2,544
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,319	$68,548
Median home value	$736,000	$697,300
Median gross rent	$2,021	$2,272
Housing units	812	1,517
Homeownership rate	72.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanapepe	Wailua
Population	2,834 → 2,288 (-19.3%)	2,915 → 2,544 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$75,952 → $90,319 (+18.9%)	$56,927 → $68,548 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$431,700 → $736,000 (+70.5%)	$492,800 → $697,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $2,021 (+33.0%)	$1,430 → $2,272 (+58.9%)

Hanapepe

Population

2,8342,288

Median household income

$75,952$90,319

Median home value

$431,700$736,000

Median gross rent

$1,520$2,021

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)

	Hanapepe	Wailua
Under 5	3.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.9%
75 and over	10.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanapepe	Wailua
White (non-Hispanic)	8.6%	38.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	52.9%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.0%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanapepe	Wailua
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	48.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanapepe	Wailua
Drove alone	85.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.7%	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)

	Hanapepe	Wailua
1-unit, detached	87.4%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanapepe	Wailua
Poverty rate	3.5%	20.5%
Average household size	3.19	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1978	1976