Work & commute · Puhi

Work & commute in Puhi, HI

Most working residents leave Puhi for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lihue (33%), Urban Honolulu (18%) and Poipu (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

128 of 2,390 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,262 Puhi residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 1,289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Puhi.

2,262live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

1,289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Puhi goes to work

Lihue2.4 mi away

33%790

Urban Honolulu108.5 mi away

18%430

Poipu6.7 mi away

7%156

Puhi (in town)right here

5%128

Kapaa9.1 mi away

3%62

Wailua7.3 mi away

2%51

Kapolei95.3 mi away

2%42

Waipahu97.2 mi away

2%39

Kalaheo8.7 mi away

1%28

Pearl City99.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%639

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

How far

How far Puhi commutes

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

57%

37%

57%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Puhi is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Puhi are

1,417 jobs are based in Puhi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Puhi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Puhi

1,417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Puhi residents hold

2,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+91%

Jobs based in Puhi, 2013 → 2023: 741 → 1,417. 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.