Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Caracas1830 assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5A job hub: Hanalei has 9.6 jobs per working resident, and 532 people come in to work
539 jobs are based in Hanalei; 56 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Hanalei itself; outside it, Urban Honolulu draws the most (13%, 122 miles). Home is the office for 41% of workers (Hawaii 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hanalei: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 49 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 760 people are in Hanalei on a workday afternoon, 178% 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.
Commuting in to Hanalei: where workers come from
Where Hanalei clocks in
5% 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 Hanalei
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanalei, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 539. 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 Hanalei’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hanalei: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanalei workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 41% 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.
How far it is to work from Hanalei
About 39% 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.
Around Hanalei: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Princeville (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanalei workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanalei | – | — | — | 18 min | $123,750 |
| Princeville | 5% | B− | B+ | 16 min | $102,109 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hanalei’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 Hanalei: questions
What is the median household income in Hanalei?
$123,750 (±$32,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanalei?
0.7%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanalei?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanalei work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (13%, 122 mi), Laie (5%, 108 mi), Princeville (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hanalei without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanalei, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanalei
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.