Haiku-Pauwela vs Waihee-Waiehu

A side-by-side comparison of Haiku-Pauwela and Waihee-Waiehu: population, income, housing, and more.

Haiku-Pauwela and Waihee-Waiehu are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waihee-Waiehu has the higher population (11,369 vs 9,290 in Haiku-Pauwela). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $99,520 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	9,290	11,369
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$128,266
Median home value	$1,019,400	$740,300
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,224
Housing units	3,690	2,908
Homeownership rate	65.9%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)

Haiku-Pauwela

Population

8,9879,290

Median household income

$88,093$99,520

Median home value

$793,800$1,019,400

Median gross rent

$1,912$2,341

Waihee-Waiehu

Population

9,31911,369

Median household income

$100,042$128,266

Median home value

$516,400$740,300

Median gross rent

$1,347$2,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
Under 5	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.2%
75 and over	4.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	21.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	24.0%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	22.9%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
Drove alone	79.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
1-unit, detached	87.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Waihee-Waiehu
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.75	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1992	1989