Households in Heeia earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 16.6 in Urban Honolulu. The poverty rate is 3.3%, against 10.0% across Hawaii. For jobs and income Heeia is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Heeia, in a few figures
Heeia and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Heeia residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Heeia come from (48% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Heeia than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Heeia fell from 366 in 2013 to 163 in 2023, −55%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Heeia’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($176,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Heeia could be anywhere from A− to A+.
24% of working residents work in Urban Honolulu
Where Heeia clocks in
6% 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 work there is in Heeia: 163 jobs
163 jobs are based in Heeia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heeia, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 163. 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 Heeia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Heeia commutes less than 20 miles
About 41% 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.
In and out of Heeia on a workday
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 163 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.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes to work from Heeia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heeia workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,366 commuters (the 11% 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: Heeia
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,652 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.2 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). 0.6% of Heeia households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Heeia’s commuters take a bus or train.
166th of 3,627: where Heeia ranks among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Mendham NJ | 4,985 | $212K | 3.5% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 165 | New Hanover Township NJ | 6,237 | $107K | 2.6% | 5.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 166 | Heeia HI | 5,144 | $176K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 0% | A+ |
| 167 | Manasquan NJ | 5,954 | $143K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| 168 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 627 | West Loch Estate HI | 5,544 | $122K | 8.3% | 3.1% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,017 | Waimanalo Beach HI | 4,505 | $127K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,085 | Puhi HI | 4,362 | $137K | 8.5% | 2.8% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Heeia, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Around Heeia: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Kaneohe (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Heeia’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 Heeia: questions
What is the median household income in Heeia?
$176,250 (±$50,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heeia?
3.3%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heeia?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heeia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (24%, 7 mi), Kapolei (6%, 17 mi), Hilo (6%, 214 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Heeia walkable?
Heeia is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Heeia without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 54% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Heeia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heeia
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.