Work & commute · Kahaluu

Work & commute in Kahaluu, HI

Most working residents leave Kahaluu for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Kapolei (8%) and Hilo (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 283 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 281 Kahaluu residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kahaluu.

281live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kahaluu goes to work

Urban Honolulu9.1 mi away

21%60

Kapolei16.6 mi away

8%22

Hilo216.2 mi away

6%18

Kailua172.9 mi away

4%11

Kaiminani167.2 mi away

4%10

Ko Olina19.6 mi away

3%9

Waikoloa Beach Resort165 mi away

2%7

Schofield Barracks14.5 mi away

2%6

Kahului97.7 mi away

2%6

Kaneohe4.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%129

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

How far

How far Kahaluu commutes

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

14%

49%

36%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kahaluu is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kahaluu are

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

Jobs based in Kahaluu

335 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Kahaluu residents hold

283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−19%

Jobs based in Kahaluu, 2013 → 2023: 413 → 335. 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.