Work & commute · Wailea

Work & commute in Wailea, HI

About one in 5 of Wailea’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (19%), Kihei (11%) and Kahului (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

550 of 2,698 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,148 Wailea residents head out of town to work, 550 work right here, and 5,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wailea.

2,148live here, work elsewhere

550live and work here

5,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wailea goes to work

Wailea (in town)right here

20%550

Urban Honolulu101.3 mi away

19%512

Kihei5.6 mi away

11%308

Kahului12.4 mi away

9%248

Wailuku14.7 mi away

5%139

Lahaina20.5 mi away

3%80

Kailua77.1 mi away

3%80

Kaanapali23.6 mi away

2%54

Makena4.1 mi away

1%37

Kaiminani69.9 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%654

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

How far

How far Wailea commutes

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

35%

24%

40%

35%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wailea is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wailea are

5,995 jobs are based in Wailea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wailea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wailea

5,995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Wailea residents hold

2,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+6%

Jobs based in Wailea, 2013 → 2023: 5,655 → 5,995. 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.