Kalaheo vs Wailua Homesteads

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

Kalaheo 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 4,612 in Kalaheo). Kalaheo has the higher median household income ($105,605 vs $94,900 in Wailua Homesteads). Kalaheo has the higher median home value ($899,300 vs $898,300 in Wailua Homesteads).

Population, income & housing

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
Population	4,612	7,136
Median age	45.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,605	$94,900
Median home value	$899,300	$898,300
Median gross rent	$1,622	$2,052
Housing units	2,005	2,422
Homeownership rate	79.1%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
Population	5,487 → 4,612 (-15.9%)	6,117 → 7,136 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $105,605 (+11.2%)	$92,235 → $94,900 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$698,600 → $899,300 (+28.7%)	$617,500 → $898,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,622 (+17.1%)	$1,941 → $2,052 (+5.7%)

Kalaheo

Population

5,4874,612

Median household income

$95,000$105,605

Median home value

$698,600$899,300

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,622

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)

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
Under 5	5.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	19.3%	15.5%
75 and over	8.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.7%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.2%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	30.2%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	26.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
Drove alone	78.7%	65.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	16.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
1-unit, detached	82.6%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kalaheo	Wailua Homesteads
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.62	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1982	1985