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
GroupWaikeleHawaiiUnited States
Filipino21.7%14.3%0.9%
Japanese19.8%11.7%0.2%
Chinese7.9%4.1%1.3%
Korean2.6%1.4%0.4%
Vietnamese1.5%0.8%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%0.2%1.4%
Thai0.3%0.2%—
Laotian0.3%——
German2.5%5.8%12.5%
English2.1%5.1%9.5%
Irish2.0%4.7%9.4%
Portuguese1.1%3.2%—
Italian0.9%2.1%4.8%
American0.6%1.0%5.3%
French0.5%1.2%1.6%
Polish0.4%0.7%2.2%
Mexican1.9%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.8%3.3%1.8%
Spanish0.7%1.3%—
Spaniard0.4%0.7%—
African American†1.5%1.1%9.9%
African0.2%—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
Waikele
Hawaii
United States
Median age
44.4
41
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
20.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waikele
Hawaii
United States
Median household income
$120,525
$100,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.2%
36.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waikele
Hawaii
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.9%
24.7%
22.3%
Korean
1.4%
1.0%
0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.1%
2.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
5.5%
4.4%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
5.7%
11.6%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waikele
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.
Waikele, Hawaii
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−2.2%
2008
+37.0%
2012
+35.4%
2016
+24.0%
2020
+24.3%
2024
+22.0%
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
60.1%Harris1,839
38.2%Trump1,167
1.7%
D+22.0
R+2.3
D+23.4
3,058
D
61.3%Biden2,068
37.0%Trump1,249
1.7%
D+24.3
D+0.3
D+19.8
3,373
D
59.2%Clinton1,456
35.2%Trump866
5.6%
D+24.0
R+11.4
D+21.9
2,461
D
67.0%Obama1,785
31.7%Romney843
1.3%
D+35.4
R+1.6
D+31.5
2,663
D
67.8%Obama1,840
30.9%McCain837
1.3%
D+37.0
D+39.2
D+29.7
2,712
R
48.7%Kerry1,305
50.9%Bush1,365
0.4%
R+2.2
—
D+0.2
2,681
Waikele is a census-designated place in west Oahu built largely in the 1990s, where a predominantly Asian-American and Pacific Islander electorate participates within one of Hawaii's most reliably Democratic voting regions.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.0 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 2.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.0 points.
A population of 7,528, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $120,525 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Aiea and Waipio.
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, Waikele, Hawaii voted Democratic by 22.0 points (D+22.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,058 votes cast, 1,839 went Democratic and 1,167 went Republican.
When did Waikele, Hawaii last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Waikele, Hawaii voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Waikele, Hawaii?
Waikele, Hawaii has a population of 7,528 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waikele, Hawaii?
Median household income in Waikele, Hawaii is $120,525 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Waikele, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waikele, Hawaii from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
