Poipu vs Waimea

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

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

Waimea has the higher population (2,070 vs 1,418 in Poipu). Poipu has the higher median household income ($138,864 vs $87,222 in Waimea). Poipu has the higher median home value ($1,115,300 vs $573,900 in Waimea).

Population, income & housing

	Poipu	Waimea
Population	1,418	2,070
Median age	51.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$138,864	$87,222
Median home value	$1,115,300	$573,900
Median gross rent	$2,554	$1,664
Housing units	1,832	848
Homeownership rate	75.2%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poipu	Waimea
Population	993 → 1,418 (+42.8%)	1,865 → 2,070 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$79,792 → $138,864 (+74.0%)	$83,523 → $87,222 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$940,500 → $1,115,300 (+18.6%)	$462,500 → $573,900 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $2,554 (+80.5%)	$1,146 → $1,664 (+45.2%)

Poipu

Population

9931,418

Median household income

$79,792$138,864

Median home value

$940,500$1,115,300

Median gross rent

$1,415$2,554

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)

	Poipu	Waimea
Under 5	15.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	19.5%	13.9%
75 and over	11.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poipu	Waimea
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	20.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	28.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	9.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	26.2%	34.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poipu	Waimea
No high school diploma	3.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	15.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poipu	Waimea
Drove alone	55.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	7.9%	13.8%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	4.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poipu	Waimea
1-unit, detached	39.5%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	25.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Poipu	Waimea
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1981	1972