Kaloko has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 158 jobs in Kaloko, against 382 working residents. For jobs and income Kaloko is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kaloko at work: what stands out
Kaloko and Kaiminani trade workers both ways
Kaiminani is the top workplace for Kaloko residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Kaloko come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Kaloko workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Hawaii. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 382 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kaloko’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Kaloko’s grade up ($103,654, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.3%) is left out: Kaloko’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, Kaloko could be anywhere from D to B−.
21% of working residents work in Kaiminani
Where Kaloko 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.
How many miles Kaloko commutes
About 35% 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.
Time on the road from Kaloko: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaloko workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who works in Kaloko, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Kaloko on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Kaloko makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kaloko, 2014 → 2024: 55 → 158. 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 Kaloko’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kaloko is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.0% across Hawaii, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 568 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). 4.0% of Kaloko households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kaloko’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kaloko ranks: 3,183rd of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 338 | Ko Olina HI | 1,670 | $133K | 6.8% | 0.8% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 414 | Mahinahina HI | 1,027 | $163K | 1.8% | 6.3% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 566 | Kaanapali HI | 1,170 | $129K | 4.5% | 17.6% | 25% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,181 | Summit WI | 1,048 | $71K | 11.6% | 1.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,182 | Lake WI | 1,242 | $78K | 10.3% | 3.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,183 | Kaloko HI | 1,432 | $104K | 17.5% | 10.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,184 | Medley FL | 1,075 | $41K | 21.0% | 2.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,185 | Walnut IL | 1,267 | $62K | 7.0% | 3.2% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Kaloko, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Kaloko’s workers
The biggest share goes to Kaiminani (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Kaloko’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 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 Kaloko: questions
What is the median household income in Kaloko?
$103,654 (±$35,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaloko?
17.5%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaloko?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kaloko work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kaiminani (21%, 4 mi), Kailua (20%, 6 mi), Hilo (13%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kaloko walkable?
Kaloko is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kaloko 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 Kaloko, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaloko
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. 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.