Work & commute · Punaluu

Work & commute in Punaluu, HI

Most working residents leave Punaluu for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (29%), Hilo (5%) and Waipahu (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 129 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 129 Punaluu residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Punaluu.

129live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Punaluu goes to work

Urban Honolulu18 mi away

29%38

Hilo223.7 mi away

5%7

Waipahu15.7 mi away

5%6

Wailuku101.4 mi away

4%5

Kaneohe13.5 mi away

4%5

Kahului104.3 mi away

4%5

Pukalani112.3 mi away

3%4

Lihue97.9 mi away

3%4

Pearl City13.1 mi away

3%4

Launiupoko94.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%48

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

How far

How far Punaluu commutes

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

54%

43%

2%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Punaluu is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Punaluu are

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

Jobs based in Punaluu

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Punaluu residents hold

129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−70%

Jobs based in Punaluu, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 53. 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.