Kalihiwai vs Wainiha

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

Kalihiwai 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 232 in Kalihiwai). Wainiha has the higher median household income ($103,906 vs $103,333 in Kalihiwai). Kalihiwai has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $918,000 in Wainiha).

Population, income & housing

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
Population	232	319
Median age	50.4 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,333	$103,906
Median home value	$2,000,001	$918,000
Median gross rent	$2,450	—
Housing units	143	106
Homeownership rate	68.9%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
Population	189 → 232 (+22.8%)	166 → 319 (+92.2%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $103,333 (+66.2%)	$28,500 → $103,906 (+264.6%)
Median home value	$962,500 → $2,000,001 (+107.8%)	$525,000 → $918,000 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $2,450 (+79.4%)	$933 → $1,075 (+15.2%)

Kalihiwai

Population

189232

Median household income

$62,188$103,333

Median home value

$962,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,366$2,450

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)

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
Under 5	5.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	31.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	1.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	4.4%
65 to 74	19.0%	19.1%
75 and over	11.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	46.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.6%	37.0%
Some other race	9.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	26.3%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	42.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
Drove alone	78.6%	59.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	19.7%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
1-unit, detached	88.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kalihiwai	Wainiha
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.58	4.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1993	1989