Mauna Loa Road · Photo: Lowe, Jet, creator · Public domainA job hub: Volcano Golf Course has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 41 people come in to work
For 77% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across Hawaii. Employers in Volcano Golf Course report 41 jobs for 23 working residents. Hardly any work in Volcano Golf Course; the top destination outside it is Hilo (26%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Volcano Golf Course
On a workday 23 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 the people who work in Volcano Golf Course live
Where Volcano Golf Course 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.
Goods, not services: 41% of the jobs in Volcano Golf Course
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 Volcano Golf Course’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Volcano Golf Course’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Volcano Golf Course workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 77% 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 it is to work from Volcano Golf Course
About 61% 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.
Around Volcano Golf Course: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Volcano Golf Course workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volcano Golf Course | – | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Volcano | under 5% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Volcano: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Volcano Golf Course’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 Volcano Golf Course: questions
What is the poverty rate in Volcano Golf Course?
1.1%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Volcano Golf Course?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 77% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Volcano Golf Course work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hilo (26%, 21 mi), Urban Honolulu (22%, 211 mi), Kaiminani (9%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Volcano Golf Course 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 Volcano Golf Course, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volcano Golf Course
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.