Every workday, about 390 people come to Maalaea for work
Most working residents leave Maalaea for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lahaina (15%), Urban Honolulu (13%) and Kahului (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
What kind of work town is Maalaea?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Hawaii
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maalaea workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Maalaea’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 175 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Maalaea on a workday afternoon, 100% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Maalaea’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Maalaea clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Maalaea commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 388 jobs in Maalaea are
388 jobs are based in Maalaea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maalaea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maalaea, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 388. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Maalaea and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kihei (7%). Darker towns draw more of Maalaea’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Maalaea
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maalaea, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.