Work & commute · Laie

Work & commute in Laie, HI

About one in 5 of Laie’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (23%), Hilo (6%) and Ko Olina (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

46 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 172 Laie residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 1,537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laie.

172live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

1,537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laie goes to work

Urban Honolulu22.7 mi away

23%50

Laie (in town)right here

21%46

Hilo228 mi away

6%12

Ko Olina24.7 mi away

3%6

Kahuku2.7 mi away

2%5

Hauula2.4 mi away

2%5

Wailuku105.4 mi away

2%5

Kihei113.5 mi away

2%4

East Honolulu27.9 mi away

2%4

Wahiawa11.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%78

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

How far

How far Laie commutes

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

27%

38%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laie is a job hub

7.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laie are

1,583 jobs are based in Laie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laie

1,583 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Laie residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−34%

Jobs based in Laie, 2013 → 2023: 2,393 → 1,583. 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.