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Waimea, HI

9,286 Population
39.4 square miles 235.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.2
  • a little 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

$44,761 ±$5,567 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $39,739 ±$1,197
  • a little less than the amount in Hawaii: $46,005 ±$561
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$100,198 ±$16,131 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $78,639 ±$2,560
  • about the same as the amount in Hawaii: $100,389 ±$1,121
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±6% (1,145  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 14.9% 30,331 (±1.2% / ±2,443)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 10% 141,401 (±0.3% / ±4,578)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±7.5 (98,020  ±17,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 27.4 2,083,020 (±0.9 / ±81,000)
  • a little higher than the figure in Hawaii: 26.2 16,458,540 (±0.2 / ±156,198)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,530 ±423 Number of households
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 74,072 ±842
  • Hawaii: 492,453 ±2,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (9,171  ±1,185) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 2.7 203,199 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,405,082
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.8% ±7.5% (292  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 6.2% † 2,653 (±1.1% / ±455)
  • more than double the rate in Hawaii: 5.8% 18,243 (±0.3% / ±982)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,812 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 90,735 ±123
  • Hawaii: 567,896 ±229
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$677,400 ±$37,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $519,300 ±$16,515
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $839,100 ±$5,924
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.5% (890  ±329.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 10.7% 21,813 (±0.9% / ±1,894.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hawaii: 12.5% 179,272 (±0.4% / ±5,002.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±1% (6,286  ±725.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 93.2% 139,379 (±1.9% / ±2,810.4)
  • 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)
41.6% ±5.6% (2,813  ±495.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 31.4% 47,001 (±1.1% / ±1,632.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 36.1% 372,299 (±0.4% / ±3,891.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

9.7% ±3.4% (902  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 11.8% 24,284
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 17.9% 259,001
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.3% (415  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 7.3% 11,933 (±0.5% / ±794)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 8% 87,697 (±0.2% / ±2,124)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
415 Total veterans ±173 390 Male ±165 25 Female ±35

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