Work & commute · Makena

Work & commute in Makena, HI

Most working residents leave Makena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (17%), Wailea (16%) and Wailuku (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 75 Makena residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Makena.

75live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Makena goes to work

Urban Honolulu103.5 mi away

17%13

Wailea4.1 mi away

16%12

Wailuku18.7 mi away

8%6

Kihei9.7 mi away

8%6

Kahului16.4 mi away

7%5

Kailua73.2 mi away

7%5

Hauula117.4 mi away

3%2

Laie119.4 mi away

3%2

Pukalani15.5 mi away

3%2

Launiupoko21 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%21

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

How far

How far Makena commutes

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

20%

32%

46%

20%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Makena is a job hub

4.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Makena are

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

Jobs based in Makena

340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Makena residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−4%

Jobs based in Makena, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 340. 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.