Work & commute · Captain Cook

Work & commute in Captain Cook, HI

Most working residents leave Captain Cook for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (15%), Kailua (13%) and Kahaluu-Keauhou (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 300 Captain Cook residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Captain Cook.

300live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Captain Cook goes to work

Urban Honolulu178.6 mi away

15%46

Kailua12.1 mi away

13%42

Kahaluu-Keauhou6.6 mi away

10%32

Kealakekua2.3 mi away

10%31

Kaiminani19.1 mi away

10%31

Hilo54.4 mi away

8%25

Captain Cook (in town)right here

5%15

Kahului101 mi away

3%8

Wailuku103.6 mi away

2%5

Kailua177.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%75

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

How far

How far Captain Cook commutes

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

30%

21%

44%

30%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Captain Cook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Captain Cook are

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

Jobs based in Captain Cook

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Captain Cook residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+19%

Jobs based in Captain Cook, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 433. 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.