Work & commute · Kilauea

Work & commute in Kilauea, HI

Most working residents leave Kilauea for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (17%), Princeville (13%) and Hanalei (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

131 of 1,040 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 909 Kilauea residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kilauea.

909live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kilauea goes to work

Urban Honolulu117 mi away

17%175

Princeville5.4 mi away

13%138

Kilauea (in town)right here

13%131

Hanalei6.5 mi away

10%106

Lihue17.2 mi away

8%86

Kapaa9.4 mi away

3%33

Haena10.5 mi away

3%30

Kalihiwai3.4 mi away

2%17

Puhi17.7 mi away

1%14

Hilo328.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%296

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

How far

How far Kilauea commutes

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

48%

20%

32%

48%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kilauea is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kilauea are

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

Jobs based in Kilauea

958 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kilauea residents hold

1,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+70%

Jobs based in Kilauea, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 958. 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.