Haena draws 170 commuters a day, with 2.9 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes; Hawaii averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Haena report 175 jobs, against 60 working residents. About one in ten stay in Haena for work; outside it, Urban Honolulu is the main destination (15%, 126 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Haena
On a workday 55 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 750 people are in Haena on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Haena’s workforce comes from
Where Haena clocks in
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Haena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haena, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 175. 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 Haena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Haena: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haena workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 216 commuters (the 15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Haena
About 40% 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.
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 Haena: questions
What is the median household income in Haena?
$127,708 (±$40,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haena?
24.9%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haena?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haena work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (15%, 126 mi), Hanalei (13%, 4 mi), Princeville (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Haena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haena
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.