Work & commute · Kaunakakai

Work & commute in Kaunakakai, HI

About one in 3 of Kaunakakai’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (26%), Wailuku (6%) and Kahului (2%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

387 of 1,004 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 617 Kaunakakai residents head out of town to work, 387 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaunakakai.

617live here, work elsewhere

387live and work here

649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaunakakai goes to work

Kaunakakai (in town)right here

39%387

Urban Honolulu56.8 mi away

26%257

Wailuku35.2 mi away

6%57

Kahului38 mi away

2%25

Hilo157.7 mi away

2%19

Kualapuu6 mi away

2%17

Kaneohe55.3 mi away

1%14

Waimea116.3 mi away

1%12

Kihei43 mi away

1%11

Mililani Mauka69.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%195

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

How far

How far Kaunakakai commutes

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

40%

12%

44%

40%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaunakakai 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 Kaunakakai are

1,036 jobs are based in Kaunakakai. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaunakakai’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kaunakakai

1,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kaunakakai residents hold

1,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Kaunakakai, 2013 → 2023: 1,027 → 1,036. 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.