Makawao vs Waihee-Waiehu

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

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

Waihee-Waiehu has the higher population (11,369 vs 7,263 in Makawao). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $96,116 in Makawao). Makawao has the higher median home value ($819,600 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	7,263	11,369
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,116	$128,266
Median home value	$819,600	$740,300
Median gross rent	$1,699	$2,224
Housing units	2,759	2,908
Homeownership rate	65.1%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	7,341 → 7,263 (-1.1%)	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$82,316 → $96,116 (+16.8%)	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$603,800 → $819,600 (+35.7%)	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,699 (+27.2%)	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)

Makawao

Population

7,3417,263

Median household income

$82,316$96,116

Median home value

$603,800$819,600

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,699

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)

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
Under 5	6.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.2%
75 and over	9.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	16.7%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	15.0%	21.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	24.9%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
Drove alone	73.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	3.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
1-unit, detached	84.6%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Makawao	Waihee-Waiehu
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.76	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1982	1989