Work & commute · Holualoa

Work & commute in Holualoa, HI

Most working residents leave Holualoa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (25%), Kailua (15%) and Hilo (6%). Half commute less than 93 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 155 working residents

Typical commute

93 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 154 Holualoa residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holualoa.

154live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holualoa goes to work

Urban Honolulu169.3 mi away

25%38

Kailua5.4 mi away

15%24

Hilo54.4 mi away

6%10

Kahaluu-Keauhou7.1 mi away

4%6

Kaloko4.7 mi away

4%6

Kaiminani8.1 mi away

4%6

Kealakekua9.7 mi away

3%4

Kahului89.6 mi away

3%4

Kapolei180.8 mi away

2%3

Pearl City178.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%51

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

How far

How far Holualoa commutes

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

31%

63%

31%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

63%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holualoa is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holualoa are

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

Jobs based in Holualoa

267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Holualoa residents hold

155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+56%

Jobs based in Holualoa, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 267. 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.