Photo: jai Mansson from Chicago, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Pupukea (7.7%) is higher than in 87% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Pupukea is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 16.6 in Urban Honolulu. 22% of workers work from home, where Hawaii as a whole has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pupukea stands out on work
Pupukea and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Pupukea residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Pupukea come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pupukea is where the jobs are
Pupukea has 578 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pupukea
Household income holds Pupukea’s grade up ($100,368, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pupukea could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily trip into Pupukea
Where Pupukea clocks in
3% 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 flow of workers through Pupukea
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 563 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.
1.7 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.
Miles to work from Pupukea
About 40% 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.
Inside Pupukea’s 578 jobs
578 jobs are based in Pupukea.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pupukea, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 578. 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 Pupukea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Pupukea takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pupukea workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,561 commuters (the 22% 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.
In Pupukea, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,998 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 44% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 0.8% of Pupukea households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pupukea’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300, Pupukea ranks 2,944th of 3,798 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 152 | Heeia HI | 5,144 | $176K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 521 | Waikapu HI | 3,591 | $123K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 615 | West Loch Estate HI | 5,544 | $122K | 8.3% | 3.1% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,942 | Eaton NY | 4,391 | $53K | 10.1% | 4.2% | 12% | C− |
| 2,943 | Salem Township PA | 4,174 | $62K | 11.7% | 6.4% | 13% | C− |
| 2,944 | Pupukea HI | 4,679 | $100K | 14.8% | 7.7% | 5% | C− |
| 2,945 | Crooked River Ranch OR | 5,160 | $86K | 9.4% | 8.6% | 6% | C− |
| 2,946 | Anamosa IA | 5,901 | $61K | 18.5% | 5.2% | 15% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pupukea, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Pupukea and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Kawela Bay (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Pupukea’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 Pupukea: questions
What is the median household income in Pupukea?
$100,368 (±$29,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pupukea?
14.8%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pupukea?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pupukea work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (21%, 26 mi), Lihue (3%, 86 mi), Kawela Bay (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pupukea walkable?
Pupukea is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pupukea without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 44% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pupukea, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pupukea
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.