Work & commute · Kaiminani

Work & commute in Kaiminani, HI

Most working residents leave Kaiminani for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (38%), Hilo (7%) and Kailua (6%). Half commute less than 161 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 544 working residents

Typical commute

161 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 516 Kaiminani residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 6,236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaiminani.

516live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

6,236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaiminani goes to work

Urban Honolulu161.3 mi away

38%208

Hilo59.9 mi away

7%38

Kailua7.7 mi away

6%30

Kaiminani (in town)right here

5%28

Kahului81.9 mi away

3%17

Kailua159.5 mi away

3%16

Wailuku84.5 mi away

2%10

Kapolei172.8 mi away

2%9

Waipahu171.9 mi away

1%8

Waikoloa Beach Resort14.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%173

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

How far

How far Kaiminani commutes

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

13%

79%

13%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

79%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaiminani is a job hub

11.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaiminani are

6,264 jobs are based in Kaiminani. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaiminani’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kaiminani

6,264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Kaiminani residents hold

544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+13%

Jobs based in Kaiminani, 2013 → 2023: 5,568 → 6,264. 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.