Wailuku, Hawaii
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
16,926 people call Wailuku home.
16,926
people.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The workday
8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
80.1%
of 11,810 jobs located in Wailuku are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 81% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,762
a month. Hawaii's median is $1,971.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$1,271–$1,907
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,762 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
68% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 68% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3–1.7% to the 7,086 homes here.
21–118
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 2% more than Hawaii's.
$855,700
median home value in Wailuku.
- $855,700 Wailuku
- $839,100 Hawaii
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year