Kekaha vs Wailua Homesteads

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

Kekaha 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 3,482 in Kekaha). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median household income ($94,900 vs $73,011 in Kekaha). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median home value ($898,300 vs $516,800 in Kekaha).

Population, income & housing

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
Population	3,482	7,136
Median age	40.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,011	$94,900
Median home value	$516,800	$898,300
Median gross rent	$2,188	$2,052
Housing units	1,163	2,422
Homeownership rate	67.6%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
Population	3,442 → 3,482 (+1.2%)	6,117 → 7,136 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$87,266 → $73,011 (-16.3%)	$92,235 → $94,900 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$390,700 → $516,800 (+32.3%)	$617,500 → $898,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $2,188 (+104.3%)	$1,941 → $2,052 (+5.7%)

Kekaha

Population

3,4423,482

Median household income

$87,266$73,011

Median home value

$390,700$516,800

Median gross rent

$1,071$2,188

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)

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
Under 5	2.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	24.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	16.8%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	27.1%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	37.9%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
No high school diploma	18.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
Drove alone	77.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	17.3%
Public transit	1.6%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
1-unit, detached	90.9%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kekaha	Wailua Homesteads
Poverty rate	16.0%	7.5%
Average household size	3.49	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1977	1985