East Honolulu

City Commute Profile

East Honolulu, HI

Where East Honolulu’s 34,612 resident workers go each day — 6.3% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Urban Honolulu.

HawaiiLODES 2023 data
41
Commute Score

41 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

East Honolulu at a glance
Employed Residents
34,612
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
6.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Urban Honolulu
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for East Honolulu proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How East Honolulu commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

East Honolulu

34,612 commutes, one dot at a time

East Honolulu

Where 34,612 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in East Honolulu, by worker count.

1Urban Honolulu8.3 mi25,071
2East Honolulu0.0 mi2,186
3Kailua7.3 mi835
4Kaneohe9.5 mi605
5Kapolei22.6 mi483
6Pearl City17.4 mi406
7Waipahu19.8 mi374
8Waimalu15.8 mi335

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into East Honolulu.

1Urban Honolulu8.3 mi3,531
2East Honolulu0.0 mi2,186
3Kailua7.3 mi353
4Pearl City17.4 mi141
5Kahului85.5 mi135
6Wahiawa24.2 mi103
7Kihei89.8 mi70
8Lahaina73.0 mi58

Top industries

The sectors that employ East Honolulu’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
AFAccommodation and Food Services19.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.8%
RTRetail Trade12.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services10.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)6.2%
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation6.1%
COConstruction6.1%
EDEducational Services3.6%

East Honolulu city profile

Who lives in East Honolulu — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
51,360
Median age
49.1yrs
Median household income
$159,518
Median home value
$1,212,000
Median gross rent
$3,313/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
59.9%
Poverty rate
5.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

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