Work & commute · Lanai

Work & commute in Lanai, HI

About one in 3 of Lanai’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Manele (24%), Urban Honolulu (14%) and Wailuku (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

422 of 1,311 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 889 Lanai residents head out of town to work, 422 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lanai.

889live here, work elsewhere

422live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lanai goes to work

Lanai City (in town)right here

32%422

Manele6 mi away

24%311

Urban Honolulu69.2 mi away

14%187

Wailuku26.8 mi away

4%48

Kahului28.9 mi away

3%37

Hilo142.5 mi away

1%18

Kailua65.9 mi away

1%11

Kihei31.2 mi away

1%11

Waipio80.6 mi away

1%8

Lahaina16.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%250

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

How far

How far Lanai commutes

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

65%

25%

65%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lanai is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lanai are

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

Jobs based in Lanai

659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lanai residents hold

1,311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+107%

Jobs based in Lanai, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 659. 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.