Work & commute · Naalehu

Work & commute in Naalehu, HI

Most working residents leave Naalehu for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Hilo (17%) and Kaiminani (5%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 103 Naalehu residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naalehu.

103live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naalehu goes to work

Urban Honolulu214.4 mi away

21%22

Hilo53.5 mi away

17%18

Kaiminani55 mi away

5%5

Naalehu (in town)right here

4%4

Kailua48.4 mi away

4%4

Hawaiian Ocean View13.2 mi away

4%4

Honaunau-Napoopoo32.1 mi away

4%4

Captain Cook36.2 mi away

3%3

Waimalu221.6 mi away

2%2

Honokaa70 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%39

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

How far

How far Naalehu commutes

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

16%

15%

65%

4%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

65%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naalehu is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Naalehu are

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

Jobs based in Naalehu

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Naalehu residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Naalehu, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 123. 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.