Work & commute · Wheeler AFB

Work & commute in Wheeler AFB, HI

Most working residents leave Wheeler AFB for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (34%), Mililani Mauka (4%) and Mililani Town (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 376 Wheeler AFB residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheeler AFB.

376live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheeler AFB goes to work

Urban Honolulu16 mi away

34%131

Mililani Mauka2.6 mi away

4%14

Mililani Town2.4 mi away

3%12

Schofield Barracks2.2 mi away

3%11

Laie13.8 mi away

2%9

Waimalu8.7 mi away

2%9

Kailua20 mi away

2%8

Pearl City7.1 mi away

2%8

Kahului109.6 mi away

2%8

Wahiawa2.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%165

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

How far

How far Wheeler AFB commutes

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

32%

49%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheeler AFB is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheeler AFB are

61 jobs are based in Wheeler AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wheeler AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wheeler AFB

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Wheeler AFB residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−76%

Jobs based in Wheeler AFB, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 61. 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.