Work & commute · Ko Olina

Work & commute in Ko Olina, HI

Most working residents leave Ko Olina for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (31%), Kapolei (9%) and Pearl City (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 95 Ko Olina residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 4,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ko Olina.

95live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

4,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ko Olina goes to work

Urban Honolulu17.5 mi away

31%30

Kapolei3.3 mi away

9%9

Pearl City11.3 mi away

5%5

Waipahu7.7 mi away

4%4

Waianae9 mi away

4%4

Ko Olina (in town)right here

3%3

Maili6.4 mi away

3%3

Haleiwa18.3 mi away

3%3

Mililani Town10.1 mi away

3%3

Kahuku26.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%32

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

How far

How far Ko Olina commutes

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

35%

54%

35%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ko Olina is a job hub

43.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ko Olina are

4,228 jobs are based in Ko Olina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ko Olina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ko Olina

4,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Ko Olina residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Ko Olina, 2013 → 2023: 3,530 → 4,228. 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.