Lihue vs Wailua Homesteads

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

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

Lihue has the higher population (7,847 vs 7,136 in Wailua Homesteads). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median household income ($94,900 vs $77,420 in Lihue). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median home value ($898,300 vs $843,900 in Lihue).

Population, income & housing

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
Population	7,847	7,136
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,420	$94,900
Median home value	$843,900	$898,300
Median gross rent	$1,989	$2,052
Housing units	2,875	2,422
Homeownership rate	62.8%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
Population	7,267 → 7,847 (+8.0%)	6,117 → 7,136 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$77,845 → $77,420 (-0.5%)	$92,235 → $94,900 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$611,000 → $843,900 (+38.1%)	$617,500 → $898,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,463 → $1,989 (+36.0%)	$1,941 → $2,052 (+5.7%)

Lihue

Population

7,2677,847

Median household income

$77,845$77,420

Median home value

$611,000$843,900

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,989

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)

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
Under 5	6.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	15.5%
75 and over	13.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	17.7%	46.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	38.7%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.2%	2.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	17.4%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
Drove alone	81.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	17.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
1-unit, detached	58.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lihue	Wailua Homesteads
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.86	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1983	1985