Work & commute · Kaanapali

Work & commute in Kaanapali, HI

About one in 4 of Kaanapali’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (15%), Lahaina (11%) and Kapalua (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

199 of 749 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 550 Kaanapali residents head out of town to work, 199 work right here, and 5,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaanapali.

550live here, work elsewhere

199live and work here

5,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaanapali goes to work

Kaanapali (in town)right here

27%199

Urban Honolulu79.6 mi away

15%110

Lahaina3.3 mi away

11%86

Kapalua5.2 mi away

6%46

Kahului14.9 mi away

5%37

Napili-Honokowai3.3 mi away

4%29

Wailuku12.2 mi away

3%20

Wailea23.6 mi away

2%18

Waipahu90.9 mi away

2%17

Kihei19.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%172

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

How far

How far Kaanapali commutes

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

49%

14%

35%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaanapali is a job hub

7.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaanapali are

5,684 jobs are based in Kaanapali. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaanapali’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kaanapali

5,684 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Kaanapali residents hold

749 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Kaanapali, 2013 → 2023: 5,854 → 5,684. 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.