Work & commute · Makawao

Work & commute in Makawao, HI

Most working residents leave Makawao for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Kahului (16%) and Wailuku (12%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

212 of 4,214 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,002 Makawao residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Makawao.

4,002live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Makawao goes to work

Urban Honolulu103.9 mi away

19%819

Kahului9.7 mi away

16%670

Wailuku12.2 mi away

12%491

Makawao (in town)right here

5%212

Kihei9.6 mi away

4%179

Pukalani1.8 mi away

4%170

Wailea13.7 mi away

4%152

Kailua85.7 mi away

2%91

Kaanapali24.4 mi away

2%83

Lahaina22.6 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,267

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

How far

How far Makawao commutes

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

31%

28%

41%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Makawao is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Makawao are

1,227 jobs are based in Makawao. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Makawao’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Makawao

1,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Makawao residents hold

4,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+35%

Jobs based in Makawao, 2013 → 2023: 906 → 1,227. 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.