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Wailuku, HI

16,926 Population
5.3 square miles 3,214.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,301 ±$4,580 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: $45,622 ±$1,228
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hawaii: $46,005 ±$561
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,942 ±$10,010 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: $97,109 ±$2,855
  • a little higher than the amount in Hawaii: $100,389 ±$1,121
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±1.5% (779  ±255) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 9.2% 14,947 (±0.8% / ±1,278)
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 10% 141,401 (±0.3% / ±4,578)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.1 minutes ±2.1 (147,525  ±21,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 23 1,614,525 (±0.6 / ±54,575)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hawaii: 26.2 16,458,540 (±0.2 / ±156,198)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,273 ±432 Number of households
  • the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 55,881 ±695
  • Hawaii: 492,453 ±2,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (16,757  ±1,456) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 2.9 161,986 (±0 / ±219)
  • a little less than the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,405,082
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±4.1% (214  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,358 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 5.8% 18,243 (±0.3% / ±982)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,086 ±405 Number of housing units
  • the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 72,386 ±131
  • Hawaii: 567,896 ±229
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$855,700 ±$29,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: $904,700 ±$14,011
  • about the same as the amount in Hawaii: $839,100 ±$5,924
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±2.9% (1,313  ±490.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 11.1% 18,092 (±1% / ±1,597.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

93.9% ±2.9% (11,294  ±851.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 93.2% 111,136 (±2% / ±2,351.3)
  • 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)
36.1% ±3.7% (4,346  ±535.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 31% 36,915 (±1.1% / ±1,251.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 36.1% 372,299 (±0.4% / ±3,891.5)
  • about the same as 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

12.7% ±2.5% (2,150  ±466) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 17.1% 28,103
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 17.9% 259,001
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.3% (895  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area: 5.6% 7,297 (±0.4% / ±554)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hawaii: 8% 87,697 (±0.2% / ±2,124)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
895 Total veterans ±172 742 Male ±174 153 Female ±83

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