Photo: Travisthurston · CC BY-SA 3.0Holualoa’s household incomes are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Holualoa is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). 6.2% of residents live below the poverty line (Hawaii 10.0%). 20% of workers work from home (Hawaii 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Holualoa’s grade
Household income holds Holualoa’s grade up ($115,972, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holualoa could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily commute in and out of Holualoa
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 266 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.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Holualoa, and from where
Where Holualoa 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.
Holualoa works in goods: 36% of its jobs
267 jobs are based in Holualoa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holualoa, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 267. 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 Holualoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Holualoa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holualoa workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,078 commuters (the 20% 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 Holualoa’s workers travel
About 63% 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 Holualoa, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.0% across Hawaii, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,350 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). 0.0% of Holualoa households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holualoa’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,986th of 4,402: where Holualoa ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 540 | Waikapu HI | 3,591 | $123K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,061 | Waimanalo Beach HI | 4,505 | $127K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,138 | Puhi HI | 4,362 | $137K | 8.5% | 2.8% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,984 | Casco ME | 3,779 | $69K | 11.0% | 1.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,985 | Sheridan Township MI | 2,581 | $76K | 8.1% | 2.7% | 4% | B− |
| 1,986 | Holualoa HI | 3,434 | $116K | 6.2% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,987 | Prince Frederick MD | 2,955 | $80K | 11.0% | 2.2% | 16% | B− |
| 1,988 | Maple Grove Township MI | 2,646 | $78K | 13.4% | 1.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Holualoa, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Next door is work for 27% of Holualoa
The biggest share goes to Kailua (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holualoa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holualoa | – | B− | B | 24 min | $115,972 |
| Kailua | 15% | C+ | B | 20 min | $88,211 |
| Kaloko | 4% | C | C− | 31 min | $103,654 |
| Honalo | under 2% | D | C− | 26 min | $63,125 |
| Kaiminani | 4% | B | B− | 20 min | $110,560 |
| Kahaluu-Keauhou | 4% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $96,212 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holualoa’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 Holualoa: questions
What is the median household income in Holualoa?
$115,972 (±$28,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holualoa?
6.2%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holualoa?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holualoa work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (25%, 169 mi), Kailua (15%, 5 mi), Hilo (6%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holualoa walkable?
Holualoa is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holualoa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holualoa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holualoa
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.