Work & commute · Koloa

Work & commute in Koloa, HI

Most working residents leave Koloa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Poipu (22%), Urban Honolulu (18%) and Lihue (15%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,076 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,039 Koloa residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Koloa.

1,039live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Koloa goes to work

Poipu1.2 mi away

22%234

Urban Honolulu111.1 mi away

18%195

Lihue8.3 mi away

15%162

Koloa (in town)right here

3%37

Puhi6 mi away

3%36

Kalaheo3.9 mi away

3%31

Eleele7.8 mi away

2%24

Waimea14.1 mi away

2%24

Lawai2.8 mi away

2%18

Waipahu99.8 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%298

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

How far

How far Koloa commutes

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

54%

38%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Koloa is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Koloa are

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

Jobs based in Koloa

468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Koloa residents hold

1,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+38%

Jobs based in Koloa, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 468. 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.