Photo: Joel Bradshaw · Public domainFor about three in four of its working residents, Manele is a commute to Lanai City
Manele has 488 jobs; 4 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 10% for Hawaii as a whole. About one in four stay in Manele for work; outside it, Lanai City is the main destination (75%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manele by day and by night
On a workday 3 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Manele on a workday afternoon, 968% more than live here.
122.0 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.
Where Manele’s workers come from
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.
Manele is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Manele’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Manele
of Manele workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 0% 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.
Manele’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Manele: questions
What is the median household income in Manele?
$190,938 (±$184,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manele?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Manele work?
25% work in town.
Can you get around Manele 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 Manele, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manele
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.