Keokea vs Waikapu

A side-by-side comparison of Keokea and Waikapu: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waikapu has the higher population (3,645 vs 3,049 in Keokea). Waikapu has the higher median household income ($121,618 vs $119,464 in Keokea). Waikapu has the higher median home value ($837,700 vs $749,100 in Keokea).

Population, income & housing

	Keokea	Waikapu
Population	3,049	3,645
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,464	$121,618
Median home value	$749,100	$837,700
Median gross rent	$1,918	$2,696
Housing units	824	1,148
Homeownership rate	80.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keokea	Waikapu
Population	2,248 → 3,049 (+35.6%)	3,875 → 3,645 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$98,000 → $119,464 (+21.9%)	$115,338 → $121,618 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$655,400 → $749,100 (+14.3%)	$625,900 → $837,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,512 → $1,918 (+26.9%)	$2,250 → $2,696 (+19.8%)

Keokea

Population

2,2483,049

Median household income

$98,000$119,464

Median home value

$655,400$749,100

Median gross rent

$1,512$1,918

Waikapu

Population

3,8753,645

Median household income

$115,338$121,618

Median home value

$625,900$837,700

Median gross rent

$2,250$2,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keokea	Waikapu
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	5.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keokea	Waikapu
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	24.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	26.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	33.2%	6.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	33.3%	29.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keokea	Waikapu
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keokea	Waikapu
Drove alone	77.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	19.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keokea	Waikapu
1-unit, detached	94.4%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Keokea	Waikapu
Poverty rate	9.6%	1.9%
Average household size	3.81	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	2002	2002