Work & commute · Kealakekua

Work & commute in Kealakekua, HI

Most working residents leave Kealakekua for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Kailua (14%), Urban Honolulu (13%) and Kaiminani (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

41 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 205 Kealakekua residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 1,100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kealakekua.

205live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

1,100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kealakekua goes to work

Kealakekua (in town)right here

17%41

Kailua9.8 mi away

14%35

Urban Honolulu176.4 mi away

13%33

Kaiminani16.8 mi away

11%28

Kahaluu-Keauhou4.3 mi away

9%21

Hilo55 mi away

8%19

Captain Cook2.3 mi away

4%11

Kahului98.7 mi away

2%5

Waipahu186.9 mi away

2%4

Waikoloa Beach Resort27.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%46

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

How far

How far Kealakekua commutes

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

39%

17%

40%

39%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kealakekua is a job hub

4.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kealakekua are

1,141 jobs are based in Kealakekua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kealakekua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kealakekua

1,141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Kealakekua residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Kealakekua, 2013 → 2023: 890 → 1,141. 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.