Photo: 293.xx.xxx.xx · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Haliimaile works elsewhere
134 jobs are based in Haliimaile, and 615 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Haliimaile B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Hardly any stay in Haliimaile for work; outside it, Urban Honolulu is the main destination (22%, 103 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Haliimaile: the figures worth knowing
Haliimaile’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Haliimaile is Urban Honolulu, 103 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (138) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
Haliimaile is a place people come home to
There are 134 jobs based in Haliimaile, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Haliimaile has about 620 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 615 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Haliimaile’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Haliimaile is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Haliimaile’s grade up ($88,259, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (13.3%) is left out: Haliimaile’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Haliimaile could be anywhere from C to A−.
How far it is to work from Haliimaile
About 44% 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.
How a workday changes Haliimaile
On a workday 612 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Haliimaile on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Haliimaile: the destinations
Where Haliimaile clocks in
15% 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.
The kinds of work in Haliimaile
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haliimaile, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 134. 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 Haliimaile’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Haliimaile: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haliimaile workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 413 commuters (the 3% 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.
Getting around Haliimaile: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haliimaile is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.0% across Hawaii.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 426 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). 3.8% of Haliimaile households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Haliimaile’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Haliimaile comes 1,136th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 238 | Mahinahina HI | 1,027 | $163K | 1.8% | 6.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Kaanapali HI | 1,170 | $129K | 4.5% | 17.6% | 27% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 771 | Kaaawa HI | 1,328 | $132K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,134 | Aplington IA | 1,084 | $75K | 4.6% | 0.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,135 | Holmes Township OH | 1,257 | $71K | 6.0% | 2.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,136 | Haliimaile HI | 1,105 | $88K | 7.9% | 13.3% | <1% | B− |
| 1,137 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | <1% | B− |
| 1,138 | Rio Vista TX | 1,241 | $72K | 8.8% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Haliimaile, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Haliimaile’s workers
The biggest share goes to Makawao (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haliimaile workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haliimaile | – | B− | C | 25 min | $88,259 |
| Makawao | 6% | B | B | 28 min | $96,444 |
| Pukalani | 4% | C+ | B | 30 min | $102,976 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haliimaile’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 Haliimaile: questions
What is the median household income in Haliimaile?
$88,259 (±$18,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haliimaile?
7.9%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haliimaile?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haliimaile work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (22%, 103 mi), Kahului (15%, 9 mi), Wailuku (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haliimaile walkable?
Haliimaile is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haliimaile without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haliimaile, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haliimaile
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.