Photo: Travis.Thurston · CC BY-SA 3.0Ewa Beach’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.9% of residents; Hawaii has 10.0%. Ewa Beach grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 16.6 in Urban Honolulu.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ewa Beach apart
Ewa Beach and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Ewa Beach residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Ewa Beach come from (49% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ewa Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 26 across Hawaii. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Ewa Beach
58% of Ewa Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Ewa Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Ewa Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ewa Beach is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #17 of 93 in Hawaii. Household income holds Ewa Beach’s grade up ($124,323, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ewa Beach could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The towns that send workers to Ewa Beach
Where Ewa Beach 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 daily trip from Ewa Beach: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ewa Beach workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,042 commuters (the 7% 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.
What the 430 jobs in Ewa Beach are
430 jobs are based in Ewa Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ewa Beach, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 430. 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 Ewa Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Ewa Beach
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 429 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.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Ewa Beach
About 17% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Ewa Beach
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ewa Beach is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #6 of 93 in Hawaii. Both inputs place Ewa Beach 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 6,515 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 65% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 4.1% of Ewa Beach households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Ewa Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ewa Beach is 649th among 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 120 | Ocean Pointe HI | 17,085 | $150K | 2.1% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 374 | Waipio HI | 10,870 | $110K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 520 | Halawa HI | 14,385 | $110K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 647 | Glen Carbon IL | 13,898 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4% | A− |
| 648 | Brandon Township MI | 15,541 | $94K | 6.6% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 649 | Ewa Beach HI | 14,376 | $124K | 4.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A− |
| 650 | Suffern NY | 11,796 | $105K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 8% | A− |
| 651 | South Hadley MA | 17,768 | $94K | 7.5% | 2.8% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Ewa Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
How Ewa Beach compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ewa Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewa Beach | – | A− | A+ | 38 min | $124,323 |
| Ocean Pointe | under 2% | A+ | A− | 37 min | $149,767 |
| Iroquois Point | under 2% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $109,561 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ewa Beach’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 Ewa Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Ewa Beach?
$124,323 (±$9,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ewa Beach?
4.9%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ewa Beach?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ewa Beach work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (36%, 10 mi), Waipahu (3%, 5 mi), Mililani Town (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ewa Beach walkable?
Ewa Beach is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ewa Beach without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 65% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ewa Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ewa Beach
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.