Talk:ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

2004 Census Estimate

When providing numerical data it is important to cite a source. Somehow, I do not think you did the counting or were keeping track. Also, a majority of the growth on the 'Ewa Plain has been in Kapolei, not 'Ewa Beach. I am unclear how these areas are treated by the Census, but seems likely that Kapolei will become a separate census tract at some point. But it is somewhat misleading to attribute all of that growth to 'Ewa Beach (if that is the case, although there certainly have been many housing projects in both places) - Marshman 23:39, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I understand where you are coming from and the problem lies is what is really 'Ewa Beach. The old traditional 'Ewa Beach town has not grown much in the last 20 years. If you include the housing developments at Ewa Gentry and Ocean Pointe, although neither of which are in the old CDP, both of them have 96706 zip codes, the population is much greater. If you include all the areas serviced by 96706, you also add Iroquois Point and Ewa Villages, another 10K people. Kapolei has shown remarkable growth over the last 10 years, but is slowing now due to a lack of available land, unless you include Makakilo which is expanding down the side of the mountain. Ewa Gentry and Ocean Pointe still have land to build for another 4-6 years, then they will also stop (unless West Loch naval station closes). In the end it all depends on what you call 'Ewa Beach...the old small community or the extended area surrounding it.