Kukuihaele has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Commuters spend 43 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Hawaii and 26 for the U.S. Kukuihaele has 16 jobs for 53 working residents. Hardly any work in Kukuihaele itself; outside it, Waikoloa Beach Resort draws the most (19%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Kukuihaele on a workday
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Kukuihaele on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Where Kukuihaele goes to work
Where Kukuihaele clocks in
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Kukuihaele
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kukuihaele, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 16. 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 Kukuihaele’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Kukuihaele: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kukuihaele workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 16% 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.
Half of Kukuihaele commutes less than 25 miles
About 19% 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.
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 Kukuihaele: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kukuihaele?
16.2%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kukuihaele?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kukuihaele work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waikoloa Beach Resort (19%, 24 mi), Hilo (11%, 43 mi), Waimea (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kukuihaele without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kukuihaele, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kukuihaele
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.