Work & commute · Puako

Work & commute in Puako, HI

Most working residents leave Puako for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Waikoloa Beach Resort (44%), Kaiminani (14%) and Waimea (11%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36 Puako residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Puako.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Puako goes to work

Waikoloa Beach Resort2.6 mi away

44%16

Kaiminani17.1 mi away

14%5

Waimea14.9 mi away

11%4

Urban Honolulu160 mi away

8%3

Keaau57 mi away

3%1

Kahaluu-Keauhou27.6 mi away

3%1

Kailua23.8 mi away

3%1

Waikoloa Village3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%4

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

How far

How far Puako commutes

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

53%

25%

14%

53%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Puako is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Puako are

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

Jobs based in Puako

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Puako residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−95%

Jobs based in Puako, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 34. 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.