Work & commute · Haena

Work & commute in Haena, HI

Most working residents leave Haena for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (15%), Hanalei (13%) and Princeville (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55 Haena residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haena.

55live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haena goes to work

Urban Honolulu126.1 mi away

15%9

Hanalei4.2 mi away

13%8

Haena (in town)right here

8%5

Princeville5.1 mi away

8%5

Kapaa16.1 mi away

8%5

Poipu23.9 mi away

3%2

Kalaheo20.9 mi away

3%2

Mililani Mauka112.8 mi away

3%2

Kilauea10.5 mi away

3%2

Wailea227.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%18

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

How far

How far Haena commutes

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

33%

27%

40%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haena is a job hub

2.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haena are

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

Jobs based in Haena

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Haena residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−45%

Jobs based in Haena, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 175. 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.