† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWahiawaHawaiiUnited States
Filipino14.6%14.3%0.9%
Japanese13.3%11.7%0.2%
Chinese5.3%4.1%1.3%
Korean1.8%1.4%0.4%
Vietnamese1.0%0.8%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%0.2%1.4%
Thai0.2%0.2%—
Laotian0.2%——
Mexican4.6%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican4.5%3.3%1.8%
Spanish1.7%1.3%—
Spaniard1.0%0.7%—
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
German3.4%5.8%12.5%
English2.8%5.1%9.5%
Irish2.7%4.7%9.4%
Portuguese1.5%3.2%—
Italian1.2%2.1%4.8%
American0.8%1.0%5.3%
French0.6%1.2%1.6%
Polish0.5%0.7%2.2%
Native Hawaiian0.6%6.1%—
Samoan0.2%0.9%—
African American†2.2%1.1%9.9%
African0.3%—0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Wahiawa
Hawaii
United States
Median age
38.8
41
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
20.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wahiawa
Hawaii
United States
Median household income
$87,143
$100,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.3%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.1%
36.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wahiawa
Hawaii
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
28.0%
24.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
2.1%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
8.7%
4.4%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
12.4%
11.6%
1.1%
Other languages
3.8%
0.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wahiawa
Hawaii
United States
Catholic
—
18.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
8.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
59.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+4.0%
2008
+42.0%
2012
+41.3%
2016
+24.1%
2020
+16.1%
2024
+5.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.9%Harris2,461
46.5%Trump2,207
1.6%
D+5.4
R+10.7
D+6.8
4,744
D
57.1%Biden3,305
41.0%Trump2,375
2.0%
D+16.1
R+8.1
D+11.6
5,793
D
58.5%Clinton2,646
34.4%Trump1,555
7.1%
D+24.1
R+17.2
D+22.0
4,521
D
70.0%Obama3,394
28.7%Romney1,390
1.3%
D+41.3
R+0.6
D+37.5
4,848
D
70.1%Obama3,678
28.2%McCain1,477
1.7%
D+42.0
D+37.9
D+34.7
5,246
D
51.8%Kerry2,616
47.8%Bush2,412
0.4%
D+4.0
—
D+6.5
5,050
Wahiawa sits adjacent to Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield, giving it an unusually high share of active-duty and veteran households that shapes its demographic profile and turnout patterns relative to the broader Honolulu metro.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.0 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.4 points.
A population of 17,996, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,143 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waianae and Nanakuli.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Wahiawa, Hawaii voted Democratic by 5.4 points (D+5.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,744 votes cast, 2,461 went Democratic and 2,207 went Republican.
How many people live in Wahiawa, Hawaii?
Wahiawa, Hawaii has a population of 17,996 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wahiawa, Hawaii?
Median household income in Wahiawa, Hawaii is $87,143 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Wahiawa, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wahiawa, Hawaii from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
