Work & commute · Orchidlands Estates

Work & commute in Orchidlands Estates, HI

Most working residents leave Orchidlands Estates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hilo (26%), Urban Honolulu (23%) and Keaau (5%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 236 Orchidlands Estates residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orchidlands Estates.

236live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orchidlands Estates goes to work

Hilo10.1 mi away

26%62

Urban Honolulu220.4 mi away

23%54

Keaau5.1 mi away

5%13

Kahului130.3 mi away

4%10

Kailua64.3 mi away

4%9

Pahoa6.2 mi away

3%7

Kaiminani65.7 mi away

3%7

Waikoloa Beach Resort61.8 mi away

2%5

Kailua217.2 mi away

2%4

Waipio231.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%64

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

How far

How far Orchidlands Estates commutes

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

15%

25%

59%

15%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orchidlands Estates is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orchidlands Estates are

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

Jobs based in Orchidlands Estates

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Orchidlands Estates residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−35%

Jobs based in Orchidlands Estates, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 48. 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.