Work & commute · Wailuku

Work & commute in Wailuku, HI

Most working residents leave Wailuku for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (20%), Kahului (19%) and Wailea (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,188 of 11,813 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 9,625 Wailuku residents head out of town to work, 2,188 work right here, and 8,839 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wailuku.

9,625live here, work elsewhere

2,188live and work here

8,839work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wailuku goes to work

Urban Honolulu91.8 mi away

20%2,400

Kahului2.9 mi away

19%2,234

Wailuku (in town)right here

19%2,188

Wailea14.7 mi away

4%481

Kihei9.5 mi away

4%472

Lahaina10.5 mi away

3%369

Kaanapali12.2 mi away

3%358

Kailua91.8 mi away

2%240

Kaiminani84.5 mi away

2%238

Pukalani11.1 mi away

1%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%2,696

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

How far

How far Wailuku commutes

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

43%

17%

40%

43%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wailuku is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wailuku are

11,027 jobs are based in Wailuku. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wailuku’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wailuku

11,027 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Wailuku residents hold

11,813 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+31%

Jobs based in Wailuku, 2013 → 2023: 8,407 → 11,027. 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.