Camp Sloggett · Photo: Miguel Vieira · CC BY 2.0Most of Wainiha commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Wainiha has 11 jobs for 67 working residents. Hardly any stay in Wainiha for work; outside it, Haena is the main destination (19%, 2 miles). Home is the office for 16% of workers, next to 10% for Hawaii as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Wainiha: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Wainiha on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
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 Wainiha’s residents
Where Wainiha clocks in
18% 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 kinds of work in Wainiha
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wainiha, 2014 → 2024: 66 → 11. 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 Wainiha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Wainiha: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wainiha workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 16% 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 Wainiha works
About 18% 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 Wainiha: questions
What is the median household income in Wainiha?
$99,375 (±$25,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wainiha?
4.1%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wainiha?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wainiha work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Haena (19%, 2 mi), Hanalei (18%, 3 mi), Princeville (15%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wainiha 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 Wainiha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wainiha
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.