Work & commute · Kapaau

Work & commute in Kapaau, HI

Most working residents leave Kapaau for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Waikoloa Beach Resort (12%) and Waimea (10%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 183 Kapaau residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kapaau.

183live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kapaau goes to work

Urban Honolulu152.1 mi away

19%36

Waikoloa Beach Resort21.5 mi away

12%23

Waimea19.3 mi away

10%19

Kapaau (in town)right here

5%9

Kailua42.7 mi away

5%9

Kaiminani35.5 mi away

4%8

Hawi2.5 mi away

3%6

Kahului61 mi away

3%6

Waipahu163.3 mi away

2%4

Waikoloa Village20.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%68

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

How far

How far Kapaau commutes

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

14%

32%

10%

44%

14%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kapaau is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kapaau are

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

Jobs based in Kapaau

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kapaau residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+126%

Jobs based in Kapaau, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 197. 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.