Work & commute · Omao

Work & commute in Omao, HI

Most working residents leave Omao for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (22%), Poipu (17%) and Lihue (16%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 593 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 586 Omao residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Omao.

586live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Omao goes to work

Urban Honolulu113.4 mi away

22%133

Poipu3.9 mi away

17%100

Lihue8.7 mi away

16%96

Puhi6.3 mi away

4%24

Waimea11.9 mi away

4%23

Koloa2.8 mi away

4%22

Lawai1.5 mi away

2%14

Kapaa13.5 mi away

2%11

Kalaheo2.5 mi away

2%10

Eleele6.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%151

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

How far

How far Omao commutes

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

51%

12%

36%

51%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Omao is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Omao are

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

Jobs based in Omao

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Omao residents hold

593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+336%

Jobs based in Omao, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 144. 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.