Work & commute · Kaneohe

Work & commute in Kaneohe, HI

Most working residents leave Kaneohe for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (22%), Kapolei (6%) and Hilo (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 2,333 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,283 Kaneohe residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 6,716 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaneohe.

2,283live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

6,716work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaneohe goes to work

Urban Honolulu7 mi away

22%507

Kapolei18.5 mi away

6%133

Hilo211.6 mi away

4%103

Kailua168.2 mi away

4%101

Kailua3.6 mi away

3%60

Kahului93.3 mi away

2%57

Ko Olina21.7 mi away

2%54

Kaiminani162.5 mi away

2%51

Kaneohe (in town)right here

2%50

Waimea170 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,178

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

How far

How far Kaneohe commutes

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

29%

33%

36%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaneohe is a job hub

2.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaneohe are

6,766 jobs are based in Kaneohe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaneohe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kaneohe

6,766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Kaneohe residents hold

2,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+8%

Jobs based in Kaneohe, 2013 → 2023: 6,258 → 6,766. 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.