Work & commute · Waialua

Work & commute in Waialua, HI

Most working residents leave Waialua for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (16%), Haleiwa (12%) and Pupukea (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 203 Waialua residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waialua.

203live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waialua goes to work

Urban Honolulu24.3 mi away

16%34

Haleiwa2.9 mi away

12%26

Pupukea7.1 mi away

5%10

Kapolei16.1 mi away

5%10

Waialua (in town)right here

4%8

Kailua27.4 mi away

4%8

Laie13.8 mi away

3%7

Pearl City15.5 mi away

3%6

Kihei121.9 mi away

3%6

Kawela Bay12.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%91

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

How far

How far Waialua commutes

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

27%

34%

15%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waialua is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waialua are

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

Jobs based in Waialua

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Waialua residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−10%

Jobs based in Waialua, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 232. 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.