Work & commute · Paia

Work & commute in Paia, HI

Most working residents leave Paia for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (18%), Kahului (16%) and Wailuku (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 1,245 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,131 Paia residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paia.

1,131live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paia goes to work

Urban Honolulu99.5 mi away

18%228

Kahului7.3 mi away

16%201

Wailuku8.8 mi away

9%115

Paia (in town)right here

9%114

Kihei10.9 mi away

5%67

Wailea16.2 mi away

3%39

Lahaina19.2 mi away

3%39

Haiku-Pauwela4.4 mi away

3%35

Kailua90.6 mi away

3%33

Kaiminani83.1 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%343

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

How far

How far Paia commutes

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

45%

16%

39%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paia are

1,063 jobs are based in Paia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paia

1,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Paia residents hold

1,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Paia, 2013 → 2023: 934 → 1,063. 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.