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Wailuku, HI

15,754 Population
5.3 square miles 2,992 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$48,946 ±$6,208 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: $44,402 ±$1,269
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hawaii: $44,823 ±$440
$93,958 ±$11,661 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: $95,049 ±$3,064
  • a little less than the amount in Hawaii: $98,317 ±$980

5.4% ±1.6% (838  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 9.8% 15,982 (±0.9% / ±1,378)
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 10% 140,461 (±0.3% / ±4,792)

20.9 minutes ±2.6 (145,525  ±23,994) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 22.8 1,631,635 (±0.7 / ±62,622)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 26.4 16,792,764 (±0.2 / ±157,533)

Families

6,007 ±370 Number of households
  • the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 55,507 ±685
  • Hawaii: 488,991 ±1,924
2.6 ±0.2 (15,596  ±1,389) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 2.9 162,021 (±0 / ±218)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,406,017

6.8% ±3.8% (205  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,395 (±1% / ±369)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 5.9% 18,480 (±0.3% / ±1,076)

Housing

6,720 ±354 Number of housing units
  • the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 72,398 ±102
  • Hawaii: 564,905 ±196

$781,700 ±$34,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: $858,600 ±$11,062
  • a little less than the amount in Hawaii: $808,200 ±$6,690

7.9% ±2.3% (1,219  ±369) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 11.2% 18,189 (±1% / ±1,694.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 12.6% 179,409 (±0.4% / ±5,011.2)

Social

93.4% ±3.1% (10,519  ±817.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 92.8% 110,377 (±1.9% / ±2,311)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 92.9% 954,401 (±0.7% / ±6,796)
35.8% ±4% (4,035  ±528.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 30.1% 35,777 (±1.1% / ±1,340.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 35.5% 364,398 (±0.4% / ±4,265.9)

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

12.6% ±3.1% (1,991  ±515) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 17.4% 28,670
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 18.1% 261,130

6.8% ±1.4% (819  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 5.4% 7,031 (±0.5% / ±600)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hawaii: 8.1% 89,042 (±0.2% / ±2,092)
819 Total veterans ±175 702 Male ±155 117 Female ±77

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