Work & commute · Ewa Beach

Work & commute in Ewa Beach, HI

Most working residents leave Ewa Beach for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (36%), Waipahu (3%) and Mililani Town (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 259 Ewa Beach residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ewa Beach.

259live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ewa Beach goes to work

Urban Honolulu10.2 mi away

36%94

Waipahu5 mi away

3%8

Mililani Town9.3 mi away

3%7

Kailua18.3 mi away

3%7

Pearl City7 mi away

3%7

Waikele6.2 mi away

2%6

Kapolei4.4 mi away

2%5

Ko Olina7.4 mi away

2%4

Haleiwa20.8 mi away

2%4

Kaneohe15.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%114

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

How far

How far Ewa Beach commutes

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

46%

36%

17%

46%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ewa Beach is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ewa Beach are

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

Jobs based in Ewa Beach

430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Ewa Beach residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Ewa Beach, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 430. 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.