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Waipahu, HI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waipahu, HI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 72,289. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet WAIPAHU-HI · Waipahu, HI 1 ZIPs · 72,289 pop · #2631/25278 · Honolulu County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $114,654
  • RANK-TOP #2631/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Aiea
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-SMALL 72,289
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $826,300

Nearest income peer: Aiea, HI ( $3,481 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Waipahu

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Waipahu on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Waipahu, HI sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
72,289
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$114,654
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $114,654 and home value $826,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Waipahu as a pure owner town.

Within Hawaii, Aiea is the closest lower-income city and Eleele the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Waipahu.

Population concentration

Waipahu reads through its lone ZIP, 96797

72,289 ACS residents, one ZIP: 96797 is not the leading code inside Waipahu, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Waipahu

Citywide ZBP: 1,060 establishments, 16,759 employees , annual payroll $843,750k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 96797 (1,060 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (172) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Waipahu, HI

These ZIP codes sit in Honolulu County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Waipahu. See the Honolulu County roll-up →

Waipahu lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Honolulu County: Ewa Beach, Kaneohe and Mililani earn more and Honolulu, Waianae and Wahiawa earn less. Wahiawa marks the far end of that range at $85,554, 25% below Waipahu.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
96797 72,289 $114,654 1,060 813
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Waipahu roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Waipahu, .