With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Maunaloa works elsewhere
Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average; Hawaii averages 26, the U.S. 26. Maunaloa has 30 jobs, and 96 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Maunaloa itself; outside it, Urban Honolulu draws the most (34%, 43 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Maunaloa
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Maunaloa on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Maunaloa: the destinations
Where Maunaloa clocks in
17% 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.
A place that makes things: 67% of Maunaloa’s jobs are in goods
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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maunaloa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from Maunaloa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maunaloa workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Maunaloa works
About 25% 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 Maunaloa: questions
What is the median household income in Maunaloa?
$52,500 (±$23,901) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maunaloa?
43.7%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maunaloa?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maunaloa work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (34%, 43 mi), Kaunakakai (17%, 14 mi), Kualapuu (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Maunaloa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maunaloa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maunaloa
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.