Photo: KanoaWithington at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Hana
About one in four work in Hana; the top destination outside it is Urban Honolulu (17%, 124 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Hawaii has 10%. Commuters spend 9 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Hawaii and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hana stands out on work
Hana’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hana is Urban Honolulu, 124 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (44) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Hana are quick
The average trip to work takes 9 minutes, against 26 across Hawaii. That’s about 130 hours a year less on the road than the typical Hawaii worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
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 258 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Hana to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 9 minutes from Hana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hana workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 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.
The daily commute in and out of Hana
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Hana on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Hana goes to work
Where Hana clocks in
4% 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.
What the 371 jobs in Hana are
371 jobs are based in Hana.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hana, 2014 → 2024: 343 → 371. 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 Hana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hana: questions
What is the median household income in Hana?
$53,750 (±$12,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hana?
26.6%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hana?
9 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hana work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (17%, 124 mi), Wailuku (9%, 33 mi), Kahului (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hana 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 Hana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hana
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.