Work & commute · Kualapuu

Work & commute in Kualapuu, HI

Most working residents leave Kualapuu for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (32%), Kaunakakai (20%) and Wailuku (4%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 424 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 391 Kualapuu residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kualapuu.

391live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kualapuu goes to work

Urban Honolulu51.6 mi away

32%134

Kaunakakai6 mi away

20%86

Kualapuu (in town)right here

8%33

Wailuku40.8 mi away

4%15

Kahului43.7 mi away

2%10

Hilo163.6 mi away

2%10

Pukalani51.8 mi away

2%7

Maunaloa9.4 mi away

1%6

Kailua46.2 mi away

1%6

Mililani Mauka63.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%112

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

How far

How far Kualapuu commutes

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

30%

20%

47%

30%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kualapuu is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kualapuu are

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

Jobs based in Kualapuu

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Kualapuu residents hold

424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+16%

Jobs based in Kualapuu, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 129. 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.