About Waipio

Waipio is a somewhat small town located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 11,641 people and just one neighborhood, Waipio is the 20th largest community in Hawaii.

Waipio is a military town: the armed forces employs 6.54% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Public Service are prominent in the local economy and are the town's largest civilian employers, employing 13.34% and 13.05% of the civilian workforce respectively.

One downside of living in Waipio is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Waipio, the average commute to work is 31.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Waipio doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Waipio Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Waipio is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.09% of adults in Waipio have a college degree.

The per capita income in Waipio in 2000 was $24,451, which is upper middle income relative to Hawaii and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,804 for a family of four. However, Waipio contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Waipio is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waipio home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waipio is Asian, followed by White.

Waipio also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.22%.

The languages spoken by people in Waipio are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Waipio is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog, Japanese, and Other Pacific Island languages.