Koloa vs Waimea

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

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

Koloa has the higher population (2,327 vs 2,070 in Waimea). Waimea has the higher median household income ($87,222 vs $76,316 in Koloa). Koloa has the higher median home value ($873,900 vs $573,900 in Waimea).

Population, income & housing

	Koloa	Waimea
Population	2,327	2,070
Median age	39.8 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,316	$87,222
Median home value	$873,900	$573,900
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,664
Housing units	795	848
Homeownership rate	48.7%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Koloa	Waimea
Population	2,739 → 2,327 (-15.0%)	1,865 → 2,070 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$45,192 → $76,316 (+68.9%)	$83,523 → $87,222 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $873,900 (+47.7%)	$462,500 → $573,900 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,505 (+38.6%)	$1,146 → $1,664 (+45.2%)

Koloa

Population

2,7392,327

Median household income

$45,192$76,316

Median home value

$591,500$873,900

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,505

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)

	Koloa	Waimea
Under 5	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.9%
75 and over	8.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Koloa	Waimea
White (non-Hispanic)	22.9%	20.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.5%	28.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.0%	9.2%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.5%	34.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Koloa	Waimea
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Koloa	Waimea
Drove alone	81.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	13.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	4.3%	13.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Koloa	Waimea
1-unit, detached	61.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Koloa	Waimea
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.7%
Average household size	3.28	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1981	1972