Households in Ocean Pointe earn more than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Ocean Pointe grades A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Poverty touches 2.1% of residents; Hawaii has 10.0%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.8 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
What sets Ocean Pointe apart on work
Ocean Pointe has far more jobs than workers
Ocean Pointe has 1,775 jobs, 7.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Ocean Pointe have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Ocean Pointe went from 717 in 2013 to 1,775 in 2023, +148%. The jobs ↓
Ocean Pointe and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Ocean Pointe residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Ocean Pointe come from (45% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 227 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Ocean Pointe’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ocean Pointe is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #2 of 93 in Hawaii. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ocean Pointe could be anywhere from A to A+.
How many people are in Ocean Pointe by day
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 1,774 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.
7.8 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.
What the 1,775 jobs in Ocean Pointe are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Pointe, 2013 → 2023: 717 → 1,775. 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 Ocean Pointe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Ocean Pointe, and from where
Where Ocean Pointe clocks in
6% 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.
The daily trip from Ocean Pointe: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Pointe workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,833 commuters (the 7% 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 Ocean Pointe 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Ocean Pointe
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ocean Pointe is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #41 of 93 in Hawaii.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,417 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 1.5% of Ocean Pointe households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ocean Pointe’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ocean Pointe ranks: 95th of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Doylestown Township PA | 18,137 | $150K | 4.3% | 2.5% | 9% | A+ |
| 94 | Uwchlan Township PA | 19,615 | $134K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 9% | A+ |
| 95 | Ocean Pointe HI | 17,085 | $150K | 2.1% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 96 | Damascus MD | 17,640 | $159K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 97 | Stone Ridge VA | 16,603 | $188K | 1.8% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Mililani Mauka HI | 21,278 | $139K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 469 | Halawa HI | 14,385 | $110K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 602 | Ewa Beach HI | 14,376 | $124K | 4.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Ocean Pointe, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Ocean Pointe and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocean Pointe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Pointe | – | A+ | A− | 37 min | $149,767 |
| Ewa Beach | under 2% | A− | A+ | 38 min | $124,323 |
| Kalaeloa | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 40 min | $90,313 |
| Ewa Gentry | under 2% | A | A | 36 min | $135,684 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ocean Pointe’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 Ocean Pointe: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Pointe?
$149,767 (±$8,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Pointe?
2.1%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Pointe?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Pointe work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (29%, 12 mi), Kapolei (6%, 3 mi), Hilo (5%, 221 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ocean Pointe walkable?
Ocean Pointe is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ocean Pointe without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Pointe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Pointe
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.