Work & commute · Honokaa

Work & commute in Honokaa, HI

Most working residents leave Honokaa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Waimea (13%) and Waikoloa Beach Resort (10%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 234 Honokaa residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Honokaa.

234live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Honokaa goes to work

Urban Honolulu176.5 mi away

19%45

Waimea11.4 mi away

13%32

Waikoloa Beach Resort28.6 mi away

10%25

Hilo36.6 mi away

6%14

Kaiminani41.3 mi away

5%11

Honokaa (in town)right here

3%8

Keaau41.4 mi away

3%7

Kailua45.8 mi away

3%7

Kahului84.5 mi away

2%6

Waipahu187.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%83

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

How far

How far Honokaa commutes

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

10%

17%

33%

39%

10%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Honokaa is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Honokaa are

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

Jobs based in Honokaa

437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Honokaa residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+50%

Jobs based in Honokaa, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 437. 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.