Paia vs Waikapu

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

Paia 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 2,629 in Paia). Waikapu has the higher median household income ($121,618 vs $120,735 in Paia). Paia has the higher median home value ($881,100 vs $837,700 in Waikapu).

Population, income & housing

	Paia	Waikapu
Population	2,629	3,645
Median age	37.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,735	$121,618
Median home value	$881,100	$837,700
Median gross rent	$2,446	$2,696
Housing units	973	1,148
Homeownership rate	60.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paia	Waikapu
Population	2,249 → 2,629 (+16.9%)	3,875 → 3,645 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$100,250 → $120,735 (+20.4%)	$115,338 → $121,618 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$695,400 → $881,100 (+26.7%)	$625,900 → $837,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,446 (+10.7%)	$2,250 → $2,696 (+19.8%)

Paia

Population

2,2492,629

Median household income

$100,250$120,735

Median home value

$695,400$881,100

Median gross rent

$2,210$2,446

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)

	Paia	Waikapu
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	19.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.2%
75 and over	2.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paia	Waikapu
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	24.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	26.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	15.3%	6.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.1%	29.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paia	Waikapu
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paia	Waikapu
Drove alone	59.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	19.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	5.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paia	Waikapu
1-unit, detached	76.8%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Paia	Waikapu
Poverty rate	15.1%	1.9%
Average household size	3.12	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1976	2002