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Waimea CDP, Hawaii: commercial real estate data.
Waimea CDP is a Census CDP of 9,286 people across 39.38 square miles of land, in Hawaii County. Median household income is $100,198, 73.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Waimea
What Waimea is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area39.38 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land236
- County holding the largest share of its areaHawaii County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
How many people live in Waimea
- Population9,286
- Median age42.5
- Population under 182,115 plus or minus 477
- Share under 1822.8 percent
- Population 65 and over2,256
- Share 65 and over24.3 percent
- Households3,530
- Family households2,317
- Share of households that are families65.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
Income and work in Waimea
- Median household income$100,198
- Per capita income$44,761
- Civilian labor force4,818
- Employed4,557
- Unemployed261 plus or minus 176
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over6,758
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
Housing in Waimea
- Housing units3,812
- Occupied units3,530
- Vacant units282 plus or minus 171
- Vacancy rate7.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied2,578
- Renter occupied952 plus or minus 330
- Ownership rate73.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$677,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,867
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.4 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units3,349
- Share single family87.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more403 plus or minus 221
- Share in buildings of two or more10.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
How Waimea gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,620
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,351 plus or minus 339
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,528 plus or minus 326
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.2 percent
- Drove alone67.2 percent
- Carpooled12.8 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home18.9 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hawaii County, not Waimea
Hawaii County context, not Waimea figures
These are Hawaii County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Waimea measurements.
- Establishments in Hawaii County4,400
- Employment at those establishments, Hawaii County54,716
- Covered employment, Hawaii County74,029
- Average annual pay, Hawaii County$57,868
- Average weekly wage, Hawaii County$1,113
- Housing units permitted, Hawaii County982
- Of those, single family, Hawaii County974
- County product, 2024, Hawaii County$12,193,115,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hawaii County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hawaii County$102,477
Every figure in this section is published for Hawaii County as a whole and is not a measurement of Waimea. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA figures are shown. withheld: Hawaii has 2 places named Waimea and the tape records none of their loans in Hawaii County.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Waimea questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waimea, Hawaii?
9,286, in 3,530 households. Waimea CDP covers 39.38 square miles of land, which is 236 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waimea in?
Hawaii County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Waimea?
$100,198. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $677,400. Median gross rent is $1,867 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Waimea figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hawaii County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Waimea.
Is zoning published for Waimea?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.