Work & commute · Makaha

Work & commute in Makaha, HI

Most working residents leave Makaha for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (24%), Waianae (7%) and Hilo (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 521 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 514 Makaha residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Makaha.

514live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Makaha goes to work

Urban Honolulu25.7 mi away

24%124

Waianae2.4 mi away

7%37

Hilo237 mi away

6%32

Kailua190.9 mi away

3%14

Kapolei13 mi away

2%13

Ko Olina10.9 mi away

2%12

Kailua31.3 mi away

2%12

Kahului120.2 mi away

2%10

Waipio14.6 mi away

2%9

Kihei124.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%249

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

How far

How far Makaha commutes

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

11%

31%

22%

36%

11%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Makaha is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Makaha are

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

Jobs based in Makaha

436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Makaha residents hold

521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Makaha, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 436. 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.