Work & commute · Kahuku

Work & commute in Kahuku, HI

Most working residents leave Kahuku for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (23%), Laie (10%) and Kawela Bay (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 183 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 178 Kahuku residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kahuku.

178live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kahuku goes to work

Urban Honolulu25.3 mi away

23%43

Laie2.7 mi away

10%18

Kawela Bay3.9 mi away

6%11

Hilo230.4 mi away

4%8

Kapolei24.8 mi away

3%6

Pearl City19.1 mi away

3%6

Kahuku (in town)right here

3%5

Lihue92.9 mi away

2%4

East Honolulu30.6 mi away

2%4

Haleiwa11.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%75

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

How far

How far Kahuku commutes

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

21%

25%

26%

28%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kahuku is a job hub

2.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kahuku are

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

Jobs based in Kahuku

512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kahuku residents hold

183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+98%

Jobs based in Kahuku, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 512. 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.