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Work & commute · Waipahu

Work & commute in Waipahu, HI

Most working residents leave Waipahu for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (41%), Pearl City (4%) and Kapolei (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
31 of 916 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 885 Waipahu residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 7,802 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waipahu.

885live here, work elsewhere
31live and work here
7,802work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Waipahu goes to work

West Loch EstateIroquois PointWhitmore VillageWaikeleKo OlinaWaipioHalawaWahiawaWaipahuRoyal KuniaEast KapoleiMililani MaukaKapoleiWaianaeKailuaPearl CityKahuluiEast HonoluluUrban HonoluluUrban HonoluluPearl CityKapoleiKo OlinaWaipioWahiawaMililani MaukaEast HonoluluWaianaeWaipahu
1
Urban Honolulu11.3 mi away
41%374
2
Pearl City3.7 mi away
4%39
3
Kapolei4.8 mi away
4%36
4
Waipahu (in town)right here
3%31
5
Ko Olina7.7 mi away
2%21
6
Waipio2.2 mi away
2%17
7
Wahiawa8 mi away
2%17
8
Mililani Mauka6.4 mi away
2%17
9
East Honolulu20 mi away
2%17
10
Waianae11.9 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%332

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

How far

How far Waipahu commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Waipahu is a job hub

8.55jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waipahu are

7,833 jobs are based in Waipahu. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waipahu’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waipahu

7,833 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Waipahu residents hold

916 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+15%

Jobs based in Waipahu, 2013 → 2023: 6,827 → 7,833. 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.

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