Lahaina vs Waihee-Waiehu

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

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

Lahaina has the higher population (11,423 vs 11,369 in Waihee-Waiehu). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $85,988 in Lahaina). Lahaina has the higher median home value ($841,400 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	11,423	11,369
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,988	$128,266
Median home value	$841,400	$740,300
Median gross rent	$1,988	$2,224
Housing units	3,959	2,908
Homeownership rate	54.5%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	12,776 → 11,423 (-10.6%)	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$75,850 → $85,988 (+13.4%)	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$686,800 → $841,400 (+22.5%)	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,988 (+49.1%)	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)

Lahaina

Population

12,77611,423

Median household income

$75,850$85,988

Median home value

$686,800$841,400

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,988

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)

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
Under 5	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.2%
75 and over	6.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	38.3%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.6%	21.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	19.4%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
Drove alone	67.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.7%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.2%
Other means	2.5%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
1-unit, detached	47.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lahaina	Waihee-Waiehu
Poverty rate	12.9%	8.4%
Average household size	3.28	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1980	1989