What is the population of Waianae CDP?

Waianae CDP has 12,907 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #25 of 163 in Hawaii.

What is the median household income in Waianae CDP?

Median household income in Waianae CDP is $84,766 a year, 7.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waianae CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,307 a month and the median home value is $487,200, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Waianae CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waianae CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Waianae, HI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Waianae, Hawaii (Waianae, HI — Census place “Waianae CDP”) is 12,907 residents, ranking #25 of 163 places in Hawaii. Median household income is $84,766, the median home is worth $487,200 and median gross rent runs $1,307 a month. Looking for the Waianae Hawaii ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waianae, HI: 96792.

Population: 12,907Waianae CDP residents
Median household income: $84,766Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $487,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,307Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.5%Owner-occupied households

Waianae ZIP codes (Hawaii)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waianae.

The Waianae HI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

96792

What the numbers mean in Waianae CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Waianae CDP median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17% of residents and 65.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Waianae CDP, HI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Waianae CDP is a mid-size town in Hawaii, with 12,907 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #25 of 163 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Waianae CDP earn a median of $84,766 a year, 7.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $92,062 median for the 124 Hawaii cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Waianae CDP is valued at $487,200, 60.6% above the national figure and 37% below the $768,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,307 a month, 7% below the national figure, or roughly $15,684 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Waianae CDP?: Waianae CDP has 12,907 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #25 of 163 in Hawaii.
What is the median household income in Waianae CDP?: Median household income in Waianae CDP is $84,766 a year, 7.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waianae CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,307 a month and the median home value is $487,200, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Waianae CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waianae CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Waianae CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.