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Wahiawa, HI

17,996 Population
2.3 square miles 7,861.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Hawaii: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,150 ±$3,238 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: $47,516 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $46,005 ±$561
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,143 ±$6,543 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: $106,195 ±$1,953
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $100,389 ±$1,121
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±4.6% (2,908  ±861) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 9.2% 89,493 (±0.4% / ±3,500)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hawaii: 10% 141,401 (±0.3% / ±4,578)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.7 minutes ±1.4 (237,430  ±26,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 26.7 12,048,020 (±0.2 / ±126,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 26.2 16,458,540 (±0.2 / ±156,198)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,108 ±417 Number of households
  • the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 338,868 ±1,631
  • Hawaii: 492,453 ±2,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (17,868  ±1,541) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 2.9 966,915 (±0 / ±234)
  • a little higher than the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,405,082
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.5% (216  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 5.6% 12,220 (±0.3% / ±756)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hawaii: 5.8% 18,243 (±0.3% / ±982)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,736 ±386 Number of housing units
  • the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 374,304 ±211
  • Hawaii: 567,896 ±229
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$806,200 ±$36,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: $897,500 ±$6,414
  • a little less than the amount in Hawaii: $839,100 ±$5,924
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±2.7% (1,445  ±499.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 13.4% 132,708 (±0.4% / ±4,394.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 12.5% 179,272 (±0.4% / ±5,002.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±9.9% (11,849  ±803.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 93.2% 659,511
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 93.2% 959,722 (±0.6% / ±6,598.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.1% ±2.3% (2,795  ±371.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 38.5% 272,319
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 36.1% 372,299 (±0.4% / ±3,891.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.2% ±3.1% (3,282  ±628) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 19.6% 195,997
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 17.9% 259,001
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.6% ±1.8% (1,442  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area: 8.7% 64,756 (±0.3% / ±1,991)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hawaii: 8% 87,697 (±0.2% / ±2,124)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,442 Total veterans ±266 1,329 Male ±245 113 Female ±63

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