Work & commute · Kula

Work & commute in Kula, HI

Most working residents leave Kula for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Kahului (14%) and Wailuku (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

224 of 3,214 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,990 Kula residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kula.

2,990live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kula goes to work

Urban Honolulu103.8 mi away

21%675

Kahului9.7 mi away

14%463

Wailuku12.6 mi away

10%329

Kula (in town)right here

7%224

Kihei5.8 mi away

5%173

Pukalani4.1 mi away

4%129

Wailea8.5 mi away

3%103

Makawao5.4 mi away

3%95

Kailua81.3 mi away

2%63

Lahaina21.9 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%903

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

How far

How far Kula commutes

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

27%

30%

41%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kula is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kula are

1,111 jobs are based in Kula. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kula’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kula

1,111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Kula residents hold

3,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+51%

Jobs based in Kula, 2013 → 2023: 735 → 1,111. 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.