Work & commute · Pupukea

Work & commute in Pupukea, HI

Most working residents leave Pupukea for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Lihue (3%) and Kawela Bay (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 333 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 318 Pupukea residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 563 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pupukea.

318live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

563work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pupukea goes to work

Urban Honolulu26.4 mi away

21%69

Pupukea (in town)right here

5%15

Lihue86.2 mi away

3%10

Kawela Bay5 mi away

3%9

Kailua27.2 mi away

3%9

Pearl City18.4 mi away

3%9

Kahului116.1 mi away

3%9

Kahuku7.6 mi away

2%8

Hilo235.3 mi away

2%8

Mililani Town14.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%180

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

How far

How far Pupukea commutes

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

14%

23%

40%

14%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pupukea is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pupukea are

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

Jobs based in Pupukea

578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Pupukea residents hold

333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+24%

Jobs based in Pupukea, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 578. 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.