Work & commute · Kihei

Work & commute in Kihei, HI

Most working residents leave Kihei for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Wailea (13%) and Kahului (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

2,092 of 13,258 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,166 Kihei residents head out of town to work, 2,092 work right here, and 4,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kihei.

11,166live here, work elsewhere

2,092live and work here

4,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kihei goes to work

Urban Honolulu98.9 mi away

19%2,465

Kihei (in town)right here

16%2,092

Wailea5.6 mi away

13%1,789

Kahului6.9 mi away

11%1,490

Wailuku9.5 mi away

7%912

Lahaina17 mi away

3%447

Kaanapali19.8 mi away

3%336

Kailua82.4 mi away

2%302

Kaiminani75.1 mi away

2%231

Pukalani7.8 mi away

1%162

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,032

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

How far

How far Kihei commutes

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

47%

14%

38%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kihei is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kihei are

6,179 jobs are based in Kihei. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kihei’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kihei

6,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Kihei residents hold

13,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+28%

Jobs based in Kihei, 2013 → 2023: 4,818 → 6,179. 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.