Work & commute · Kekaha

Work & commute in Kekaha, HI

Most working residents leave Kekaha for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Waimea (16%) and Lihue (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 884 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 850 Kekaha residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kekaha.

850live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kekaha goes to work

Urban Honolulu127.9 mi away

21%184

Waimea2.9 mi away

16%140

Lihue23 mi away

9%76

Poipu17.5 mi away

7%62

Kekaha (in town)right here

4%34

Kaneohe Base131.1 mi away

4%33

Hanapepe9.1 mi away

3%30

Hilo338 mi away

3%24

Eleele9.5 mi away

3%23

Kalaheo13 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%256

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

How far

How far Kekaha commutes

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

30%

27%

41%

30%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kekaha is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kekaha are

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

Jobs based in Kekaha

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Kekaha residents hold

884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+32%

Jobs based in Kekaha, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 188. 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.