Work & commute · Waimalu

Work & commute in Waimalu, HI

Most working residents leave Waimalu for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (26%), Kailua (5%) and East Honolulu (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 819 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 811 Waimalu residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 6,325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waimalu.

811live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

6,325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waimalu goes to work

Urban Honolulu7.2 mi away

26%215

Kailua12.8 mi away

5%38

East Honolulu15.6 mi away

4%36

Hilo218.8 mi away

4%33

Wahiawa9.3 mi away

3%26

Kaiminani168.5 mi away

2%20

Waipahu5 mi away

2%19

Kahului101.4 mi away

2%18

Schofield Barracks10.9 mi away

2%17

Kailua173.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%381

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

How far

How far Waimalu commutes

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

41%

29%

41%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waimalu is a job hub

7.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waimalu are

6,333 jobs are based in Waimalu. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waimalu’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waimalu

6,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Waimalu residents hold

819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−21%

Jobs based in Waimalu, 2013 → 2023: 8,048 → 6,333. 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.