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Waimea CDP, Hawaii: commercial real estate data.
Waimea CDP is a Census CDP of 1,840 people across 1.85 square miles of land, in Kauai County. Median household income is $89,205, 48.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.5 m.
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Waimea
What Waimea is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.85 sq mi
- Water area0.33 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land993 plus or minus 204
- County holding the largest share of its areaKauai 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
- Population1,840 plus or minus 378
- Median age45.5 plus or minus 11.4
- Population under 18385 plus or minus 122
- Share under 1820.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over488 plus or minus 118
- Share 65 and over26.5 percent
- Households655
- Family households387 plus or minus 110
- Share of households that are families59.1 percent plus or minus 12.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
Income and work in Waimea
- Median household income$89,205 plus or minus $41,610
- Per capita income$39,118
- Civilian labor force920 plus or minus 232
- Employed908 plus or minus 229
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 13
- Unemployment rate1.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over1,400 plus or minus 282
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.6 percent plus or minus 25.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
Housing in Waimea
- Housing units766
- Occupied units655
- Vacant units111 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate14.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied316 plus or minus 79
- Renter occupied339 plus or minus 85
- Ownership rate48.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$769,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,612 plus or minus $325
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.7 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Single family units573 plus or minus 116
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more193 plus or minus 83
- Share in buildings of two or more25.2 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1972
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 commute898 plus or minus 223
- Commuting under 15 minutes408 plus or minus 145
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.4 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more370 plus or minus 132
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.2 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked13.7 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waimea
SBA loans in Waimea (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,520,000
- Average approval$630,000
- Median approval$225,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,085,000
- Largest approval$2,085,000
- Jobs supported15
- Jobs per approval3.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Waimea
SBA loans in Waimea (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$145,000
- Average approval$145,000
- Median approval$145,000
- Largest approval$145,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kauai County, not Waimea
Kauai County context, not Waimea figures
These are Kauai 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 Kauai County2,281
- Employment at those establishments, Kauai County27,099
- Covered employment, Kauai County32,830
- Average annual pay, Kauai County$59,731
- Average weekly wage, Kauai County$1,149
- Housing units permitted, Kauai County141
- Of those, single family, Kauai County141
- County product, 2024, Kauai County$5,552,396,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kauai County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kauai County$117,886
Every figure in this section is published for Kauai 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.
- 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?
1,840, in 655 households. Waimea CDP covers 1.85 square miles of land, which is 993 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?
Kauai 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?
$89,205. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $769,700. Median gross rent is $1,612 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waimea businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $2.5 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $225,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $145,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waimea, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waimea borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Waimea. only 0 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 Waimea figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kauai 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.
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