Work & commute · Kalaeloa

Work & commute in Kalaeloa, HI

Most working residents leave Kalaeloa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (42%), Kapolei (10%) and Ko Olina (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,712 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,685 Kalaeloa residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 789 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kalaeloa.

1,685live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

789work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kalaeloa goes to work

Urban Honolulu14 mi away

42%720

Kapolei1.8 mi away

10%176

Ko Olina3.8 mi away

6%106

Waipahu6 mi away

3%59

Pearl City9.3 mi away

2%41

Waipio8.2 mi away

2%38

Waianae12.2 mi away

2%30

Waimalu10 mi away

2%28

Kalaeloa (in town)right here

2%27

Maili9.9 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%461

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

How far

How far Kalaeloa commutes

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

52%

47%

52%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

0%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kalaeloa is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kalaeloa are

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

Jobs based in Kalaeloa

816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Kalaeloa residents hold

1,712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−25%

Jobs based in Kalaeloa, 2013 → 2023: 1,094 → 816. 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.