Work & commute · Lihue

Work & commute in Lihue, HI

About one in 3 of Lihue’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (22%), Poipu (6%) and Puhi (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,766 of 5,388 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,622 Lihue residents head out of town to work, 1,766 work right here, and 7,267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lihue.

3,622live here, work elsewhere

1,766live and work here

7,267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lihue goes to work

Lihue (in town)right here

33%1,766

Urban Honolulu106.7 mi away

22%1,176

Poipu8.8 mi away

6%308

Puhi2.4 mi away

5%253

Kapaa8 mi away

3%152

Kapolei93.5 mi away

1%71

Wailua5.8 mi away

1%70

Waipahu95.4 mi away

1%70

Hilo317.8 mi away

1%62

Kahului201 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,399

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

How far

How far Lihue commutes

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

52%

41%

52%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lihue is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lihue are

9,033 jobs are based in Lihue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lihue’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lihue

9,033 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lihue residents hold

5,388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Lihue, 2013 → 2023: 8,202 → 9,033. 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.