Work & commute · East Honolulu

Work & commute in East Honolulu, HI

Most working residents leave East Honolulu for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (73%), Kailua (2%) and Kaneohe (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,970 of 32,000 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,030 East Honolulu residents head out of town to work, 1,970 work right here, and 4,851 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Honolulu.

30,030live here, work elsewhere

1,970live and work here

4,851work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Honolulu goes to work

Urban Honolulu8.7 mi away

73%23,287

East Honolulu (in town)right here

6%1,970

Kailua7.5 mi away

2%706

Kaneohe9.5 mi away

2%552

Kapolei22.8 mi away

1%444

Pearl City17.3 mi away

1%374

Waipahu20 mi away

1%347

Waimalu15.6 mi away

1%301

Halawa14.2 mi away

1%261

Waipio19.9 mi away

1%202

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%3,556

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

How far

How far East Honolulu commutes

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

55%

39%

55%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Honolulu is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Honolulu are

6,821 jobs are based in East Honolulu. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Honolulu’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Honolulu

6,821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs East Honolulu residents hold

32,000 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+15%

Jobs based in East Honolulu, 2013 → 2023: 5,921 → 6,821. 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.