Work & commute · Makakilo

Work & commute in Makakilo, HI

Most working residents leave Makakilo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (35%), Kapolei (5%) and Waianae (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 491 Makakilo residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Makakilo.

491live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Makakilo goes to work

Urban Honolulu15.2 mi away

35%177

Kapolei1.6 mi away

5%25

Waianae9.2 mi away

4%18

Kaneohe19.1 mi away

3%14

Wahiawa10.6 mi away

3%13

Waipahu4.9 mi away

2%12

Pearl City8.5 mi away

2%12

Kailua22.4 mi away

2%11

Kawela Bay24.2 mi away

2%10

Waipio6.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%199

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

How far

How far Makakilo commutes

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

35%

52%

13%

35%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Makakilo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Makakilo are

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

Jobs based in Makakilo

625 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Makakilo residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+15%

Jobs based in Makakilo, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 625. 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.