City safety & data profile
WaipahuHI
Waipahu, HI is a 38K-resident city in Honolulu County with a median household income of $103,895.
Honolulu County, Hawaii. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Waipahu, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Waipahu has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $868,600, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 38K
- Population (place)
- Top 28%
- By size
- $103,895
- Median income (place)
- $868,600
- Median home (place)
- 12%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Waipahu
Waipahu posts a median household income higher than 72% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Waipahu area.
- Top 28%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Waipahu
Composite score · Waipahu, HI
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Waipahu income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$103,895 Top 28% higher than 72% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading Waipahu, HI beyond the headline numbers
Waipahu sits inside Honolulu County, Hawaii, at roughly 21.39°N, -158.01°W. Population 38,216, $103,895 median household income. Median home value $868,600, median rent $1,658. Poverty rate 12%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Waipahu (nearest 7.9 mi away), 3.8/5 avg rating, 5 with an ER. Climate: 75.3°F annual average, 17" precipitation.
13.8% of Waipahu workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
The median home in Waipahu costs around 8.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 49.3% in Waipahu, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
Only 5.1% of Waipahu workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
20.1% of Waipahu adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Waipahu sits at 4%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Waipahu, HI runs $1,658/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Poverty in Waipahu, HI stands at 12%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Waipahu from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Honolulu County): Waipahu's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
What stands out most about Waipahu's economic profile: median household income at $103,895, 16% above the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,658/mo, 8% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 12% -3% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 20.1% |
| Work From Home | 5.1% |
| Public Transit | 13.8% |
Population Snapshot
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals Within Range 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 202411.0% above national average
Metro area: Urban Honolulu, HI (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $44.8M across 866 flood insurance claims filed in Honolulu County.
244 claims trace back to 2026-03-KonaStorm, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Waipahu?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Waipahu right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet HI-WAIPAHU · Waipahu
Waipahu: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Waipahu; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Hawaii state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Waipahu, both outside Hawaii so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside HI (12% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside HI ($103,895 here).
Compare Waipahu with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Next steps for Waipahu
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Waipahu area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Waipahu against Hawaii peers on any ranking lens. Explore Hawaii
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Honolulu County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.