Work & commute · Kahului

Work & commute in Kahului, HI

About one in 4 of Kahului’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Wailuku (12%) and Wailea (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

4,360 of 19,233 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 14,873 Kahului residents head out of town to work, 4,360 work right here, and 12,857 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kahului.

14,873live here, work elsewhere

4,360live and work here

12,857work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kahului goes to work

Kahului (in town)right here

23%4,360

Urban Honolulu94.6 mi away

19%3,606

Wailuku2.9 mi away

12%2,383

Wailea12.4 mi away

7%1,261

Kihei6.9 mi away

4%766

Kaanapali14.9 mi away

4%685

Lahaina12.9 mi away

3%605

Kailua89.2 mi away

2%460

Kaiminani81.9 mi away

2%441

Pukalani8.4 mi away

1%238

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%4,428

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

How far

How far Kahului commutes

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

42%

18%

40%

42%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kahului is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kahului are

17,217 jobs are based in Kahului. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kahului’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kahului

17,217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Kahului residents hold

19,233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Kahului, 2013 → 2023: 14,366 → 17,217. 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.