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Wheeler AFB, Hawaii.

A community in Honolulu County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Honolulu County’s.

Living in Wheeler AFB, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Wheeler AFB, in Honolulu County, had 2,412 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $91,667 a year and half less, against $106,195 across Honolulu County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. 0% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 100% are rented. Unemployment in Honolulu County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Honolulu County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,412 in the 2020 census; median age 24.1
Household income $91,667 the median, give or take $9,516 · Honolulu County: $106,195
Unemployment 2.9% Honolulu County, August 2026; 2.2% a year before
Homes 0% lived in by their owners; 100% rented
  • 766households
  • 1%below the poverty line
  • 14 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Honolulu County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Government10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Honolulu County had 455,202 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in February, 76° and 60°; warmest in September, 83° and 67° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F 76° 60° M A M J J A S 83° 67° O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in February, 76° and 60°; warmest in September, 83° and 67° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F 76° 60° M A M J J A S 83° 67° O N D

Coldest in February, with highs near 76° and lows near 60°; warmest in September, with highs near 83° and lows near 67°. About 64 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Upper Wahiawa weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Honolulu County

  1. Hawaii Department of Education SchoolsSchool district23,107FTE
  2. HNL HonolululScheduled passenger air transportation9,793
  3. Alaska Air Group HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC.-HONOLULUScheduled passenger air transportation5,657
  4. THE Queens Medical CenterGeneral hospital4,836FTE
  5. University of Hawaii at ManoaUniversity or college4,276
  6. Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.Hotels1,859
  7. Aulani, A Disney Resort & SpaResort hotels without casinos1,657
  8. Straub Clinic & HospitalGeneral hospital1,558FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 644 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 95,947 people in all across the county; Wheeler AFB has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Wheeler AFB’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Honolulu County.