Lanai City vs Waikapu

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

Lanai City 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 3,283 in Lanai City). Waikapu has the higher median household income ($121,618 vs $79,405 in Lanai City). Waikapu has the higher median home value ($837,700 vs $547,400 in Lanai City).

Population, income & housing

	Lanai City	Waikapu
Population	3,283	3,645
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,405	$121,618
Median home value	$547,400	$837,700
Median gross rent	$1,092	$2,696
Housing units	1,498	1,148
Homeownership rate	48.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanai City	Waikapu
Population	2,705 → 3,283 (+21.4%)	3,875 → 3,645 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $79,405 (+42.5%)	$115,338 → $121,618 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$419,400 → $547,400 (+30.5%)	$625,900 → $837,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,092 (+3.1%)	$2,250 → $2,696 (+19.8%)

Lanai City

Population

2,7053,283

Median household income

$55,714$79,405

Median home value

$419,400$547,400

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,092

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)

	Lanai City	Waikapu
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	11.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanai City	Waikapu
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	24.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	48.9%	26.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.9%	6.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.1%	29.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanai City	Waikapu
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanai City	Waikapu
Drove alone	69.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	19.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanai City	Waikapu
1-unit, detached	77.3%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lanai City	Waikapu
Poverty rate	7.4%	1.9%
Average household size	2.72	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1974	2002