Kihei vs Waihee-Waiehu

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

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

Kihei has the higher population (22,564 vs 11,369 in Waihee-Waiehu). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $87,568 in Kihei). Kihei has the higher median home value ($871,600 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	22,564	11,369
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,568	$128,266
Median home value	$871,600	$740,300
Median gross rent	$2,021	$2,224
Housing units	12,072	2,908
Homeownership rate	59.4%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	22,402 → 22,564 (+0.7%)	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$78,869 → $87,568 (+11.0%)	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$590,200 → $871,600 (+47.7%)	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,642 → $2,021 (+23.1%)	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)

Kihei

Population

22,40222,564

Median household income

$78,869$87,568

Median home value

$590,200$871,600

Median gross rent

$1,642$2,021

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)

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.2%
75 and over	6.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	6.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.2%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	21.7%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	20.4%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
Drove alone	70.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	2.2%
Other means	1.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
1-unit, detached	35.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	28.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kihei	Waihee-Waiehu
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.75	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1987	1989