Work & commute · Haleiwa

Work & commute in Haleiwa, HI

Most working residents leave Haleiwa for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (28%), Schofield Barracks (4%) and Kapolei (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 284 Haleiwa residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 1,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haleiwa.

284live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

1,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haleiwa goes to work

Urban Honolulu25 mi away

28%85

Haleiwa (in town)right here

5%15

Schofield Barracks7.9 mi away

4%11

Kapolei18.2 mi away

3%10

Hilo235.4 mi away

3%10

Kailua27.1 mi away

3%9

Kawela Bay9.2 mi away

2%7

Lihue84.8 mi away

2%7

Pearl City16.4 mi away

2%6

East Honolulu32.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%133

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

How far

How far Haleiwa commutes

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

14%

37%

23%

26%

14%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haleiwa is a job hub

5.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haleiwa are

1,536 jobs are based in Haleiwa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Haleiwa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Haleiwa

1,536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Haleiwa residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−6%

Jobs based in Haleiwa, 2013 → 2023: 1,634 → 1,536. 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.