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Wahiawa CDP, Hawaii: commercial real estate data.
Wahiawa CDP is a Census CDP of 17,996 people across 2.29 square miles of land, in Honolulu County. Median household income is $87,143, 53.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.5 m.
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Wahiawa
What Wahiawa is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.29 sq mi
- Water area0.25 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,861
- County holding the largest share of its areaHonolulu 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.
Wahiawa
How many people live in Wahiawa
- Population17,996
- Median age38.8
- Population under 184,071
- Share under 1822.6 percent
- Population 65 and over3,291
- Share 65 and over18.3 percent
- Households6,108
- Family households4,328
- Share of households that are families70.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahiawa
Income and work in Wahiawa
- Median household income$87,143
- Per capita income$37,150
- Civilian labor force8,201
- Employed7,889
- Unemployed312 plus or minus 118
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over12,649
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahiawa
Housing in Wahiawa
- Housing units6,736
- Occupied units6,108
- Vacant units628 plus or minus 192
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied3,269
- Renter occupied2,839
- Ownership rate53.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$806,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,546
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent
- Single family units4,643
- Share single family68.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,084
- Share in buildings of two or more30.9 percent
- Mobile homes9 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahiawa
How Wahiawa gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,499
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,394 plus or minus 341
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.6 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,189
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.9 percent
- Drove alone67.1 percent
- Carpooled17.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport5.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahiawa
SBA 7(a) lending to Wahiawa borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$2,535,000
- Average approval$158,438
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$1,100,000
- Jobs supported173
- Jobs per approval10.8
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.3 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wahiawa
SBA 504 lending to Wahiawa borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,820,000
- Average approval$364,000
- Median approval$350,000
- Largest approval$616,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Honolulu County, not Wahiawa
Honolulu County context, not Wahiawa figures
These are Honolulu County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wahiawa measurements.
- Establishments in Honolulu County20,890
- Employment at those establishments, Honolulu County331,937
- Covered employment, Honolulu County453,193
- Average annual pay, Honolulu County$69,851
- Average weekly wage, Honolulu County$1,343
- Housing units permitted, Honolulu County1,638
- Of those, single family, Honolulu County706
- County product, 2024, Honolulu County$87,066,455,000
- County product change over the prior year, Honolulu County5.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Honolulu County$82,445
Every figure in this section is published for Honolulu County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wahiawa. 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.
- 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
Wahiawa questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wahiawa, Hawaii?
17,996, in 6,108 households. Wahiawa CDP covers 2.29 square miles of land, which is 7,861 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wahiawa in?
Honolulu 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 Wahiawa?
$87,143. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $806,200. Median gross rent is $1,546 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wahiawa businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $2.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wahiawa, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wahiawa borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wahiawa. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Wahiawa figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Honolulu 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 Wahiawa.
Is zoning published for Wahiawa?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.