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Work & commute in Poipu, HI

About one in 5 of Poipu’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (17%), Lihue (16%) and Koloa (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
22%
111 of 509 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
22%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 398 Poipu residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 2,658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poipu.

398live here, work elsewhere
111live and work here
2,658work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Poipu goes to work

EleelePuhiOmaoHanamauluKoloaWaimeaPoipuKalaheoLawaiWailua HomesteadsLihueKapaaUrban HonoluluUrban HonoluluLihueKoloaPuhiEleeleKalaheoLawaiOmaoWaimeaPoipu
1
Poipu (in town)right here
22%111
2
Urban Honolulu110.4 mi away
17%89
3
Lihue8.8 mi away
16%82
4
Koloa1.2 mi away
5%23
5
Puhi6.7 mi away
3%14
6
Eleele8.2 mi away
2%10
7
Kalaheo4.5 mi away
2%10
8
Lawai3.6 mi away
2%10
9
Omao3.9 mi away
2%8
10
Waimea14.7 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%144

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

How far

How far Poipu commutes

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

55%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Poipu is a job hub

5.44jobs per working resident
A job hub

5.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Poipu are

2,769 jobs are based in Poipu. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poipu’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poipu

2,769 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)90%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Poipu residents hold

509 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−6%

Jobs based in Poipu, 2013 → 2023: 2,957 → 2,769. 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.

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