Work & commute · Keokea

Work & commute in Keokea, HI

Most working residents leave Keokea for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Kahului (15%) and Wailuku (14%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,058 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 1,047 Keokea residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keokea.

1,047live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keokea goes to work

Urban Honolulu104.5 mi away

21%224

Kahului11.7 mi away

15%156

Wailuku14.6 mi away

14%144

Kula3.8 mi away

7%73

Wailea5.4 mi away

4%38

Kihei5.7 mi away

4%38

Pukalani7.8 mi away

3%37

Makawao9.2 mi away

3%27

Kaiminani70.6 mi away

2%23

Kailua78 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%277

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

How far

How far Keokea commutes

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

22%

35%

41%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keokea is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keokea are

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

Jobs based in Keokea

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Keokea residents hold

1,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+193%

Jobs based in Keokea, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 234. 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.