Work & commute · Volcano

Work & commute in Volcano, HI

Most working residents leave Volcano for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (30%), Hilo (17%) and Keaau (9%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46 Volcano residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Volcano.

46live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Volcano goes to work

Urban Honolulu209.3 mi away

30%14

Hilo18.9 mi away

17%8

Keaau17.7 mi away

9%4

Kaiminani50.7 mi away

7%3

Keystone, CO3226.4 mi away

2%1

Kaneohe210 mi away

2%1

Kurtistown15.1 mi away

2%1

Kahului122.3 mi away

2%1

Kailua48.2 mi away

2%1

Captain Cook40.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%11

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

How far

How far Volcano commutes

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

33%

17%

50%

0%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Volcano is a job hub

2.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Volcano are

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

Jobs based in Volcano

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Volcano residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Volcano, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 126. 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.