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Wailua, HI

2,544 Population
1.5 square miles 1,656.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,066 ±$5,451 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: $42,553 ±$1,708
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $44,823 ±$440
$68,548 ±$14,636 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: $93,612 ±$4,932
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hawaii: $98,317 ±$980

20.5% ±9.2% (521  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 8.8% † 6,414 (±1.2% / ±864)
  • about double the rate in Hawaii: 10% 140,461 (±0.3% / ±4,792)

22.9 minutes ±2.3 (26,155  ±5,961) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 21.7 680,135 (±0.5 / ±25,517)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 26.4 16,792,764 (±0.2 / ±157,533)

Families

954 ±134 Number of households
  • the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 23,465 ±519
  • Hawaii: 488,991 ±1,924
2.7 ±0.2 (2,544  ±401) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 3.1 72,839 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,406,017

11.4% ±10.8% (56  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,017 (±1.6% / ±242)
  • nearly double the rate in Hawaii: 5.9% 18,480 (±0.3% / ±1,076)

Housing

1,517 ±160 Number of housing units
  • the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 30,392 ±86
  • Hawaii: 564,905 ±196

$697,300 ±$57,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: $817,900 ±$20,146
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $808,200 ±$6,690

9.6% ±5.4% (244  ±142.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 9.3% † 6,810 (±1.2% / ±877.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 12.6% 179,409 (±0.4% / ±5,011.2)

Social

92.6% ±19.7% (1,747  ±251) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 92.7% 49,211 (±2.7% / ±1,442.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 92.9% 954,401 (±0.7% / ±6,796)
26.3% ±5.3% (496  ±126.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 30.2% 16,048 (±1.5% / ±795.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 35.5% 364,398 (±0.4% / ±4,265.9)

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

10.1% ±4.2% (257  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 14.6% 10,716
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 18.1% 261,130

7.8% ±2.9% (163  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kapaa, HI Micro Area: 6.9% 3,976 (±0.6% / ±363)
  • a little less than the rate in Hawaii: 8.1% 89,042 (±0.2% / ±2,092)
163 Total veterans ±65 163 Male ±65 N/A Female ±12

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