Wahiawa

Population & Demographics

Wahiawa, HI

Wahiawa is home to 17,996 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 16,510 resident workers commute each day.

HawaiiCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
17,996
people
Population

17,996 residents

Median age 38.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Wahiawa population & demographics

Who lives in Wahiawa — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
17,996
Median age
38.8yrs
Median household income
$87,143
Median home value
$806,200
Median gross rent
$1,546/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.1%
Poverty rate
16.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Wahiawa

How Wahiawa breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian40.1%
Two or more races22.7%
Hispanic or Latino13.6%
White10.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander10.2%
Black2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Some other race0.1%

Race across Wahiawa

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Wahiawa.

Wahiawa at a glance
Employed Residents
16,510
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
6.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
6.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Urban Honolulu
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wahiawa proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wahiawa commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wahiawa

16,510 commutes, one dot at a time

Wahiawa

Where 16,510 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wahiawa, by worker count.

1Urban Honolulu17.2 mi6,504
2Wahiawa0.0 mi1,057
3Kapolei11.6 mi641
4Pearl City7.7 mi592
5Mililani Town3.6 mi535
6Waipahu7.8 mi522
7Waipio6.2 mi465
8Waimalu9.2 mi371

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wahiawa.

1Wahiawa0.0 mi1,057
2Urban Honolulu17.2 mi608
3Whitmore Village0.8 mi193
4Pearl City7.7 mi87
5East Honolulu24.2 mi70
6Kahului108.8 mi40
7Schofield Barracks2.7 mi35
8Kapolei11.6 mi34

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wahiawa’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance26.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services21.3%
RTRetail Trade14.2%
COConstruction11.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.1%
FIFinance and Insurance1.9%
EDEducational Services1.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Wahiawa

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

2 providers
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps80% of homes
2 Gbps72%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Wahiawa

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).