Work & commute · Waikele

Work & commute in Waikele, HI

Most working residents leave Waikele for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (45%), Pearl City (5%) and Waipio (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 199 Waikele residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 1,839 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waikele.

199live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

1,839work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waikele goes to work

Urban Honolulu11.5 mi away

45%93

Pearl City3.1 mi away

5%10

Waipio1 mi away

4%8

Waikele (in town)right here

3%7

Ko Olina8.5 mi away

3%6

Waipahu1.3 mi away

2%5

Waimalu4.7 mi away

2%4

Wahiawa6.8 mi away

2%4

East Honolulu20.1 mi away

2%4

Waianae11.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%62

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

How far

How far Waikele commutes

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

46%

42%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waikele is a job hub

8.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waikele are

1,846 jobs are based in Waikele. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waikele’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waikele

1,846 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Waikele residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−21%

Jobs based in Waikele, 2013 → 2023: 2,330 → 1,846. 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.