ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · HI · GEOID 150032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Honolulu County, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±0.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±0.3 pp MOE
Drove alone63.4%±0.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.9 min → 26.7 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.2%▲ 2.8 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit6.3% → 4.9%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.4% → 63.4%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.4% ±0.5 pp
Carpool13.8% ±0.4 pp
Public transit4.9% ±0.2 pp
Walk5.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.2% ±0.3 pp

Each share uses 496,814 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate1,001,146± — MOE
Workers age 16+496,814± 2,778 MOE
Workers with travel time451,346± 2,709 MOE
Estimated home workers45,468± 1,646 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable nearby records

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