Work & commute · Kapalua

Work & commute in Kapalua, HI

Most working residents leave Kapalua for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Kaanapali (18%) and Lahaina (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

38 of 385 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 347 Kapalua residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 1,660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kapalua.

347live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

1,660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kapalua goes to work

Urban Honolulu81.1 mi away

19%73

Kaanapali5.2 mi away

18%68

Lahaina7.5 mi away

10%40

Kapalua (in town)right here

10%38

Napili-Honokowai2 mi away

9%35

Wailuku11.5 mi away

5%18

Kahului14.4 mi away

4%16

Kihei20.5 mi away

3%10

Kaiminani94.8 mi away

2%7

Poipu191.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%74

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

How far

How far Kapalua commutes

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

48%

14%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kapalua is a job hub

4.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kapalua are

1,698 jobs are based in Kapalua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kapalua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kapalua

1,698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Kapalua residents hold

385 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+112%

Jobs based in Kapalua, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 1,698. 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.