Work & commute · Lahaina

Work & commute in Lahaina, HI

About one in 5 of Lahaina’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kaanapali (20%), Urban Honolulu (19%) and Kahului (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

1,675 of 8,468 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 6,793 Lahaina residents head out of town to work, 1,675 work right here, and 3,764 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lahaina.

6,793live here, work elsewhere

1,675live and work here

3,764work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lahaina goes to work

Kaanapali3.3 mi away

20%1,681

Lahaina (in town)right here

20%1,675

Urban Honolulu82 mi away

19%1,599

Kahului12.9 mi away

5%425

Kapalua7.5 mi away

4%374

Wailuku10.5 mi away

3%294

Napili-Honokowai6 mi away

3%239

Kihei17 mi away

2%174

Kailua96.1 mi away

2%142

Wailea20.5 mi away

1%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%1,739

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

How far

How far Lahaina commutes

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

48%

15%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lahaina is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lahaina are

5,439 jobs are based in Lahaina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lahaina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lahaina

5,439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lahaina residents hold

8,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Lahaina, 2013 → 2023: 5,678 → 5,439. 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.