Work & commute · Kalihiwai

Work & commute in Kalihiwai, HI

Most working residents leave Kalihiwai for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (17%), Kilauea (15%) and Hanalei (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 148 Kalihiwai residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kalihiwai.

148live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kalihiwai goes to work

Urban Honolulu119.9 mi away

17%26

Kilauea3.4 mi away

15%23

Hanalei3.2 mi away

11%16

Princeville2.1 mi away

11%16

Kapaa10.9 mi away

6%9

Lihue18 mi away

5%8

Haena7.1 mi away

3%5

Wailua13.4 mi away

2%3

Kailua123.7 mi away

2%3

Puhi18.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%39

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

How far

How far Kalihiwai commutes

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

51%

17%

31%

51%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kalihiwai is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kalihiwai are

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

Jobs based in Kalihiwai

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Kalihiwai residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+61%

Jobs based in Kalihiwai, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 151. 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.