Work & commute · Discovery Harbour

Work & commute in Discovery Harbour, HI

Most working residents leave Discovery Harbour for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (17%), Hilo (14%) and Kailua (13%). Half commute less than 58 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

58 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

55 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 114 Discovery Harbour residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Discovery Harbour.

114live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Discovery Harbour goes to work

Urban Honolulu213.6 mi away

17%19

Hilo57 mi away

14%16

Kailua48.3 mi away

13%15

Kaiminani55.1 mi away

7%8

Captain Cook36.2 mi away

4%4

Naalehu3.8 mi away

3%3

Kapolei224.3 mi away

3%3

Waikoloa Beach Resort63.6 mi away

3%3

Kealakekua38.5 mi away

3%3

Honaunau-Napoopoo32.3 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%37

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

How far

How far Discovery Harbour commutes

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

24%

65%

4%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

65%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Discovery Harbour is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Discovery Harbour are

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

Jobs based in Discovery Harbour

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Discovery Harbour residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+53%

Jobs based in Discovery Harbour, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 23. 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.