Work & commute · Black Sands

Work & commute in Black Sands, HI

Most working residents leave Black Sands for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hilo (39%), Pahoa (17%) and Hawaiian Paradise Park (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46 Black Sands residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Sands.

46live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Sands goes to work

Hilo20.7 mi away

39%18

Pahoa5.8 mi away

17%8

Hawaiian Paradise Park12 mi away

9%4

Urban Honolulu229 mi away

9%4

Kahaluu-Keauhou66 mi away

4%2

Nashua, NH4993.9 mi away

2%1

Seaview2.5 mi away

2%1

Makawao132.7 mi away

2%1

Kailua69.5 mi away

2%1

Captain Cook61.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%5

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

How far

How far Black Sands commutes

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

27%

51%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Sands is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Sands are

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

Jobs based in Black Sands

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Black Sands residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−83%

Jobs based in Black Sands, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 2. 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.