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Work & commute in Manele · A job hub

Every workday, about 490 people come to Manele for work

About one in 4 of Manele’s working residents works in town. The top destination is Lanai City (75%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Work in town
25%
1 of 4 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than HI (10%)
Jobs based here
488
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What kind of work town is Manele?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Manele’s population more than triples on a workday

On a workday 3 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere.

3live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
487work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night50
Workday530
50live here− 3head out to work+ 490come in to work= 530on a workday

About 530 people are in Manele on a workday afternoon, 968% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
122.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

122.0 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.

The commute map

Where Manele’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

ManeleWahiawa: 5 workers live here (1%)Pukalani: 5 workers live here (1%)Waihee-Waiehu: 5 workers live here (1%)Wailuku: 8 workers live here (2%)Lanai City: 311 workers live here (64%)Lahaina: 7 workers live here (1%)Kihei: 10 workers live here (2%)Kahului: 12 workers live here (2%)Kula: 8 workers live here (2%)Urban Honolulu: 29 workers live here (6%)Lanai CityUrban HonoluluKahuluiKiheiWailukuKulaManele
1
Lanai City6 mi away
64%311
2
Urban Honolulu73.1 mi away
6%29
3
Kahului29.1 mi away
2%12
4
Kihei30 mi away
2%10
5
Wailuku27.5 mi away
2%8
6
Kula35.8 mi away
2%8
7
Lahaina18.1 mi away
1%7
8
Wahiawa89 mi away
1%5
9
Pukalani36.7 mi away
1%5
10
Waihee-Waiehu28.2 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%88

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Manele commutes less than 6 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miLanai City: 75% · 6 miLanai City 75%Manele
ManeleTop destinations (size = commuters)
100%Under 10 mi4 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
0%Over 50 mi0 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in ManeleJobs Manele residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%0%
Trade, transport & utilities1%25%
Services: health, schools, offices99%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%0%
Over $3,333 a month79%100%

Who does it

29 or younger24%0%
30 to 5449%75%
55 and older27%25%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Manele

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Manele workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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