Seaview at work: jobs, income and the commute
The average commute takes 52 minutes each way (Hawaii 26, U.S. 26). 42% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for Hawaii as a whole. Only 3% work in Seaview; the top destination outside it is Hilo (34%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Seaview by day
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 57 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.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Seaview’s residents
Where Seaview 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.
Services make up most of the work in Seaview
60 jobs are based in Seaview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seaview, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 60. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seaview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 52 minutes each way, longer than most of Hawaii
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seaview workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 commuters (the 42% 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.
How far Seaview goes to work
About 35% 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 Seaview: questions
What is the median household income in Seaview?
$34,500 (±$29,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seaview?
28.2%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seaview?
52 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seaview work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hilo (34%, 22 mi), Pahoa (15%, 6 mi), Urban Honolulu (12%, 231 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Seaview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seaview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seaview
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.