Waihee-Waiehu vs Wailuku

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

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

Wailuku has the higher population (15,754 vs 11,369 in Waihee-Waiehu). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $93,958 in Wailuku). Wailuku has the higher median home value ($781,700 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
Population	11,369	15,754
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,266	$93,958
Median home value	$740,300	$781,700
Median gross rent	$2,224	$1,747
Housing units	2,908	6,720
Homeownership rate	86.7%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
Population	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)	17,708 → 15,754 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)	$73,576 → $93,958 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)	$544,900 → $781,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)	$1,285 → $1,747 (+36.0%)

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

Wailuku

Population

17,70815,754

Median household income

$73,576$93,958

Median home value

$544,900$781,700

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.4%
75 and over	6.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	21.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	38.2%	35.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	21.7%	9.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.3%	26.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	42.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
Drove alone	81.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.2%	7.4%
Other means	4.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
1-unit, detached	85.9%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	15.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Waihee-Waiehu	Wailuku
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.4%
Average household size	4.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1989	1987