Photo: Travisthurston · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 4.5 jobs in Makena for every working resident, and 339 people commute in
5% of workers work from home, next to 10% for Hawaii as a whole. 340 jobs are based in Makena for 76 working residents. Only 1% work in Makena itself; outside it, Urban Honolulu draws the most (17%, 104 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Makena, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 75 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 350 people are in Makena on a workday afternoon, 293% more than live here.
4.5 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.
The towns that send workers to Makena
Where Makena 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.
In Makena, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Makena, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 340. 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 Makena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Makena
of Makena workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Makena
About 46% 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.
16% of Makena works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Wailea. Darker towns draw more of Makena’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 Makena: questions
What is the median household income in Makena?
$162,708 (±$137,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Makena?
15.6%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Makena work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (17%, 104 mi), Wailea (16%, 4 mi), Wailuku (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Makena 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 Makena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Makena
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.