Work & commute · Eleele

Work & commute in Eleele, HI

Most working residents leave Eleele for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (22%), Poipu (17%) and Lihue (14%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 978 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 925 Eleele residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eleele.

925live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eleele goes to work

Urban Honolulu118.5 mi away

22%212

Poipu8.2 mi away

17%171

Lihue15.2 mi away

14%140

Eleele (in town)right here

5%53

Kalaheo4.2 mi away

5%51

Hanapepe0.6 mi away

3%34

Waimea6.9 mi away

3%31

Puhi12.8 mi away

3%26

Koloa7.8 mi away

2%20

Lawai5.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%227

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

How far

How far Eleele commutes

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

41%

21%

37%

41%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eleele is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eleele are

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

Jobs based in Eleele

570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Eleele residents hold

978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+28%

Jobs based in Eleele, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 570. 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.