Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Volcano draws 126 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
At home: 38% of workers have no commute at all (Hawaii 10%). Employers in Volcano report 126 jobs; 46 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Volcano; the top destination outside it is Urban Honolulu (30%, 209 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Volcano by day and by night
On a workday 46 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 830 people are in Volcano on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Volcano, and from where
Where Volcano 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.
Most jobs in Volcano are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Volcano, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 126. 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 Volcano’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Volcano: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Volcano workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 38% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Volcano
About 50% 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.
Next door to Volcano
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Volcano workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volcano | – | — | — | 43 min | $74,609 |
| Volcano Golf Course | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Mauna Loa Estates | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Mountain View | under 3% | D | B− | 40 min | $69,299 |
Same-state neighbors only. Volcano Golf Course and Mauna Loa Estates: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Volcano’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: questions
What is the median household income in Volcano?
$74,609 (±$19,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Volcano?
15.3%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Volcano?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Volcano work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (30%, 209 mi), Hilo (17%, 19 mi), Keaau (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Volcano without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Volcano, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volcano
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.