Photo: Nicolai Edgar Andersen · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Maili (9.6%) is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Maili grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Measured by household income, Maili is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 16.6 in Urban Honolulu.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Maili, in a few figures
Maili and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Maili residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Maili come from (39% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Maili workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 26 across Hawaii. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 402 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Maili earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maili is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #66 of 93 in Hawaii. Household income holds Maili’s grade up ($111,542, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maili could be anywhere from C to B+.
19% of working residents work in Urban Honolulu
Where Maili 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.
Commuting from Maili: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maili workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,262 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.
The commute from Maili, by distance
About 32% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 402 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 445 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Maili
445 jobs are based in Maili.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maili, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 445. 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 Maili’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Maili is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maili is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #24 of 93 in Hawaii. Both inputs place Maili near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,629 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 2.5% of Maili households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Maili’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Maili ranks: 1,868th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Aiea HI | 9,087 | $140K | 5.3% | 3.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 441 | Waipio HI | 10,870 | $110K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 464 | Ahuimanu HI | 8,452 | $135K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,866 | Blair Township MI | 9,208 | $72K | 11.1% | 4.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,867 | Forestdale AL | 9,742 | $67K | 17.8% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,868 | Maili HI | 11,570 | $112K | 11.3% | 9.6% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,869 | Hendersonville NC | 15,867 | $53K | 14.6% | 3.2% | 21% | C+ |
| 1,870 | Millersville PA | 9,280 | $68K | 23.1% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Maili, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
How Maili compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Waianae (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Maili’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 Maili: questions
What is the median household income in Maili?
$111,542 (±$11,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maili?
11.3%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maili?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maili work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (19%, 22 mi), Waianae (5%, 3 mi), Waipahu (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maili walkable?
Maili is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maili without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maili, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maili
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.