Work & commute · Kaneohe Base

Work & commute in Kaneohe Base, HI

Most working residents leave Kaneohe Base for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (36%), Kailua (8%) and Kaneohe (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,330 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,281 Kaneohe Base residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 783 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaneohe Base.

1,281live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

783work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaneohe Base goes to work

Urban Honolulu10.4 mi away

36%482

Kailua3.5 mi away

8%104

Kaneohe Base (in town)right here

4%49

Kaneohe3.5 mi away

4%48

Pearl City13.5 mi away

2%30

Kapolei21.6 mi away

2%29

Waipahu17.2 mi away

2%26

Kailua168.3 mi away

2%24

Hilo211 mi away

2%23

East Honolulu11 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%493

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

How far

How far Kaneohe Base commutes

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

19%

59%

20%

19%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaneohe Base is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaneohe Base are

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

Jobs based in Kaneohe Base

832 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Kaneohe Base residents hold

1,330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+59%

Jobs based in Kaneohe Base, 2013 → 2023: 522 → 832. 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.