Work & commute · Pepeekeo

Work & commute in Pepeekeo, HI

Most working residents leave Pepeekeo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hilo (39%), Urban Honolulu (13%) and Kailua (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 222 Pepeekeo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pepeekeo.

222live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pepeekeo goes to work

Hilo10 mi away

39%88

Urban Honolulu205.1 mi away

13%30

Kailua59.5 mi away

5%11

Waikoloa Beach Resort50.6 mi away

4%8

Kaiminani58.4 mi away

4%8

Keaau14.9 mi away

3%7

Kurtistown17.2 mi away

2%5

Waimea35.9 mi away

2%5

Honomu2.6 mi away

1%3

Kealakekua56.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%55

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

How far

How far Pepeekeo commutes

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

43%

10%

37%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pepeekeo 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 Pepeekeo are

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

Jobs based in Pepeekeo

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pepeekeo residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+42%

Jobs based in Pepeekeo, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 44. 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.