Discovery Harbour has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
30 jobs are based in Discovery Harbour, and 203 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Discovery Harbour is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Only 1% work in Discovery Harbour itself; outside it, Urban Honolulu draws the most (22%, 214 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Discovery Harbour at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
71% 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 ↓
Discovery Harbour workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 55 minutes each way, against 26 across Hawaii. Over a year that’s about 422 hours of commuting, 222 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Discovery Harbour’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Discovery Harbour is Urban Honolulu, 214 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 203 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Discovery Harbour gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Discovery Harbour’s grade up (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.6%) is left out: Discovery Harbour’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Discovery Harbour could be anywhere from D− to C.
Miles to work from Discovery Harbour
About 71% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How long Discovery Harbour spends getting to work: about 55 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Discovery Harbour workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who commutes out of Discovery Harbour, and who commutes in
On a workday 200 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Discovery Harbour on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Discovery Harbour to work: where people go
Where Discovery Harbour clocks in
Lines 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.
The kinds of work in Discovery Harbour
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Discovery Harbour, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 30. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Discovery Harbour’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Discovery Harbour commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Discovery Harbour is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Discovery Harbour 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 318 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Discovery Harbour households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Discovery Harbour’s commuters take a bus or train.
Discovery Harbour next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,942nd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 238 | Mahinahina HI | 1,027 | $163K | 1.8% | 6.3% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Kaanapali HI | 1,170 | $129K | 4.5% | 17.6% | 25% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 771 | Kaaawa HI | 1,328 | $132K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,940 | Speaker Township MI | 1,330 | $54K | 11.1% | 12.2% | 2% | D |
| 2,941 | Hopkinton NY | 1,075 | $61K | 12.9% | 5.4% | 2% | D |
| 2,942 | Discovery Harbour HI | 1,079 | $61K | 12.0% | 10.6% | 1% | D |
| 2,943 | Nellieburg MS | 1,197 | $61K | 34.7% | 3.7% | 1% | D |
| 2,944 | Princeton WI | 1,249 | $54K | 16.8% | 5.5% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Discovery Harbour, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Discovery Harbour: questions
What is the median household income in Discovery Harbour?
$61,042 (±$12,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Discovery Harbour?
12.0%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Discovery Harbour?
55 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Discovery Harbour work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (22%, 214 mi), Hilo (14%, 57 mi), Kailua (7%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Discovery Harbour walkable?
Discovery Harbour is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Discovery Harbour without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Discovery Harbour, from the people who make the trip.
More of Discovery Harbour
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.