Work & commute · Anahola

Work & commute in Anahola, HI

Most working residents leave Anahola for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (24%), Lihue (16%) and Kapaa (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 537 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 528 Anahola residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anahola.

528live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anahola goes to work

Urban Honolulu109.9 mi away

24%131

Lihue12.2 mi away

16%87

Kapaa4.6 mi away

7%39

Princeville11.9 mi away

5%29

Wailua6.4 mi away

4%19

Hilo321.5 mi away

3%17

Puhi13.6 mi away

3%16

Poipu20.1 mi away

3%14

Wailua Homesteads6.8 mi away

2%10

Hanalei12.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%166

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Anahola commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

34%

47%

19%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anahola is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Anahola are

129 jobs are based in Anahola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anahola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anahola

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Anahola residents hold

537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+200%

Jobs based in Anahola, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 129. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.