Work & commute · Hanalei

Work & commute in Hanalei, HI

Most working residents leave Hanalei for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (13%), Laie (5%) and Princeville (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

7 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 49 Hanalei residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanalei.

49live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanalei goes to work

Hanalei (in town)right here

13%7

Urban Honolulu122.1 mi away

13%7

Laie108.1 mi away

5%3

Princeville1.5 mi away

5%3

Poipu22.1 mi away

5%3

Lihue18.4 mi away

5%3

Kapaa12.3 mi away

5%3

Wainiha3.2 mi away

4%2

East Kapolei110 mi away

4%2

Kaanapali200.9 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%21

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

How far

How far Hanalei commutes

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

34%

27%

39%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanalei is a job hub

9.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanalei are

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

Jobs based in Hanalei

539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hanalei residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+46%

Jobs based in Hanalei, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 539. 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.