Haiku-Pauwela vs Wailuku

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

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

Wailuku has the higher population (15,754 vs 9,290 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median household income ($99,520 vs $93,958 in Wailuku). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $781,700 in Wailuku).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
Population	9,290	15,754
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$93,958
Median home value	$1,019,400	$781,700
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,747
Housing units	3,690	6,720
Homeownership rate	65.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	17,708 → 15,754 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$73,576 → $93,958 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$544,900 → $781,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,285 → $1,747 (+36.0%)

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

Wailuku

Population

17,70815,754

Median household income

$73,576$93,958

Median home value

$544,900$781,700

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	18.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.4%
75 and over	4.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	21.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	35.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	9.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.0%	26.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
Drove alone	79.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
1-unit, detached	87.2%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailuku
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1992	1987