Work & commute · Halawa

Work & commute in Halawa, HI

Most working residents leave Halawa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (60%), Waipahu (3%) and Waimalu (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 4,247 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,134 Halawa residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 3,816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halawa.

4,134live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

3,816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halawa goes to work

Urban Honolulu5.8 mi away

60%2,568

Waipahu6 mi away

3%117

Halawa (in town)right here

3%113

Waimalu1.5 mi away

3%108

Kapolei9.9 mi away

2%106

Pearl City3.1 mi away

2%105

Kaneohe8.6 mi away

2%83

Waipio5.7 mi away

2%71

Aiea0.8 mi away

1%47

Kailua11.8 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%885

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

How far

How far Halawa commutes

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

81%

13%

81%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halawa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Halawa are

3,929 jobs are based in Halawa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Halawa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Halawa

3,929 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Halawa residents hold

4,247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Halawa, 2013 → 2023: 2,585 → 3,929. 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.