Hanapepe vs Waimea

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

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

Hanapepe has the higher population (2,288 vs 2,070 in Waimea). Hanapepe has the higher median household income ($90,319 vs $87,222 in Waimea). Hanapepe has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $573,900 in Waimea).

Population, income & housing

	Hanapepe	Waimea
Population	2,288	2,070
Median age	40.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,319	$87,222
Median home value	$736,000	$573,900
Median gross rent	$2,021	$1,664
Housing units	812	848
Homeownership rate	72.0%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanapepe	Waimea
Population	2,834 → 2,288 (-19.3%)	1,865 → 2,070 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$75,952 → $90,319 (+18.9%)	$83,523 → $87,222 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$431,700 → $736,000 (+70.5%)	$462,500 → $573,900 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $2,021 (+33.0%)	$1,146 → $1,664 (+45.2%)

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

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)

	Hanapepe	Waimea
Under 5	3.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.9%
75 and over	10.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanapepe	Waimea
White (non-Hispanic)	8.6%	20.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	52.9%	28.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.0%	9.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.0%	34.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanapepe	Waimea
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	48.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanapepe	Waimea
Drove alone	85.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	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)

	Hanapepe	Waimea
1-unit, detached	87.4%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanapepe	Waimea
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1978	1972