Work & commute · Fern Acres

Work & commute in Fern Acres, HI

Most working residents leave Fern Acres for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hilo (35%), Urban Honolulu (13%) and Keaau (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 137 Fern Acres residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fern Acres.

137live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fern Acres goes to work

Hilo12.5 mi away

35%48

Urban Honolulu218.8 mi away

13%18

Keaau8.2 mi away

7%9

Kailua60.6 mi away

5%7

Kahaluu-Keauhou57.4 mi away

4%5

Kaiminani62.4 mi away

3%4

Captain Cook53.1 mi away

2%3

Kawela Bay242.1 mi away

1%2

Pahoa8.7 mi away

1%2

Waipahu229.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%38

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

How far

How far Fern Acres commutes

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

15%

36%

46%

15%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fern Acres is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fern Acres are

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

Jobs based in Fern Acres

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fern Acres residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+105%

Jobs based in Fern Acres, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 43. 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.