Kualapuu vs Waikapu

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

Kualapuu 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 2,357 in Kualapuu). Waikapu has the higher median household income ($121,618 vs $52,500 in Kualapuu). Waikapu has the higher median home value ($837,700 vs $258,900 in Kualapuu).

Population, income & housing

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
Population	2,357	3,645
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$121,618
Median home value	$258,900	$837,700
Median gross rent	$1,500	$2,696
Housing units	737	1,148
Homeownership rate	78.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
Population	1,693 → 2,357 (+39.2%)	3,875 → 3,645 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $52,500 (+27.3%)	$115,338 → $121,618 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $258,900 (+49.9%)	$625,900 → $837,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,500 (+14.2%)	$2,250 → $2,696 (+19.8%)

Kualapuu

Population

1,6932,357

Median household income

$41,250$52,500

Median home value

$172,700$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,500

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)

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
Under 5	7.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	24.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	26.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	51.8%	6.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	30.5%	29.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	43.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
Drove alone	66.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	19.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	5.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
1-unit, detached	86.0%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kualapuu	Waikapu
Poverty rate	17.6%	1.9%
Average household size	3.60	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1976	2002