CINCPAC Headquarters · Public domainUrban Honolulu draws more than half of Halawa’s working residents
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 16.6 in Urban Honolulu. Halawa grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Halawa
More than half of Halawa works in Urban Honolulu
2,568 working residents, 60%, have their main job in Urban Honolulu, 5.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 20 times as many as work in Halawa itself. The commute map ↓
Halawa trades workers with the towns around it
Halawa has about as many jobs (3,929) as working residents (4,247), but they are mostly different people: 4,134 residents leave for work each day while 3,816 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Halawa are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Halawa residents work close to home
81% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Halawa has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Halawa went from 2,585 in 2013 to 3,929 in 2023, +52%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Halawa’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Halawa is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #14 of 93 in Hawaii. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Halawa could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where Halawa goes to work
Where Halawa 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.
How many people are in Halawa by day
On a workday 4,134 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 3,816 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 (0.93 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.
How far Halawa goes to work
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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Halawa
3,929 jobs are based in Halawa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halawa, 2013 → 2023: 2,585 → 3,929. 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 Halawa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Halawa takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halawa workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,020 commuters (the 5% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Halawa
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Halawa is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #12 of 93 in Hawaii. Both inputs place Halawa 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 7,389 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 76% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 6.7% of Halawa households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Halawa’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Halawa is 520th of 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 518 | Alum Rock CA | 10,440 | $127K | 6.2% | 4.5% | 1% | A |
| 519 | Westphalia MD | 13,228 | $164K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 1% | A |
| 520 | Halawa HI | 14,385 | $110K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A |
| 521 | River Forest IL | 11,393 | $147K | 2.7% | 8.1% | 5% | A |
| 522 | Champaign Township IL | 11,377 | $100K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 649 | Ewa Beach HI | 14,376 | $124K | 4.9% | 4.4% | <1% | 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 Halawa, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Halawa and its neighbors: 61% work next door
The biggest share goes to Urban Honolulu (60%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Halawa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halawa | – | A | A | 24 min | $110,400 |
| Aiea | 1% | A | A | 25 min | $140,308 |
| Urban Honolulu | 60% | B | A+ | 22 min | $86,504 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Halawa’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 Halawa: questions
What is the median household income in Halawa?
$110,400 (±$13,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halawa?
9.3%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halawa?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halawa work?
3% work in town.
Is Halawa walkable?
Halawa is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Halawa without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 76% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Halawa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halawa
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.