Kahaluu Taro Lo'i · Photo: Joel Bradshaw · Public domainAhuimanu’s household incomes are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 16.6 in Urban Honolulu. The poverty rate is 6.4%, next to 10.0% for Hawaii as a whole. Ahuimanu grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ahuimanu
Ahuimanu and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Ahuimanu residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Ahuimanu come from (53% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 501 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Ahuimanu’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ahuimanu is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #11 of 93 in Hawaii. Household income is its strongest input ($135,438, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ahuimanu could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
17% of working residents work in Urban Honolulu
Where Ahuimanu clocks in
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far it is to work from Ahuimanu
About 41% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Ahuimanu on a workday
On a workday 501 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 384 jobs based in Ahuimanu
384 jobs are based in Ahuimanu.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ahuimanu, 2013 → 2023: 506 → 384. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ahuimanu’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Hawaii
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ahuimanu workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,361 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Hawaii: 72% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Ahuimanu is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ahuimanu is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #30 of 93 in Hawaii. Both inputs place Ahuimanu near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,802 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Ahuimanu households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Ahuimanu’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ahuimanu next to U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400: 460th of 2,981 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Waikele HI | 7,528 | $121K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 333 | East Kapolei HI | 7,551 | $119K | 5.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 419 | Aiea HI | 9,087 | $140K | 5.3% | 3.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 458 | Lake Dallas TX | 7,852 | $77K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 459 | Carroll Township PA | 7,416 | $119K | 7.0% | 2.2% | 6% | A |
| 460 | Ahuimanu HI | 8,452 | $135K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 0% | A |
| 461 | Manteno IL | 9,201 | $98K | 3.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| 462 | Berlin NJ | 7,628 | $103K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ahuimanu, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
The towns around Ahuimanu
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Ahuimanu’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ahuimanu: questions
What is the median household income in Ahuimanu?
$135,438 (±$16,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ahuimanu?
6.4%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ahuimanu?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ahuimanu work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (17%, 8 mi), Kapolei (8%, 16 mi), Hilo (4%, 216 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ahuimanu walkable?
Ahuimanu is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ahuimanu without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ahuimanu, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ahuimanu
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.