The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Waikoloa has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Waikoloa a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Waikoloa is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
In Waikoloa, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.08 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Waikoloa does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Waikoloa are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.90% of adults in Waikoloa have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waikoloa in 2022 was $39,434, which is middle income relative to Hawaii, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,736 for a family of four. However, Waikoloa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Waikoloa is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waikoloa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waikoloa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Waikoloa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.72% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waikoloa include German, European, Irish, English, and Italian.
In addition, Waikoloa has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.06%).
The most common language spoken in Waikoloa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
