Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · HI · GEOID 150032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Honolulu County, Hawaii
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 63.4% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Honolulu County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Honolulu County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.4%; 4.9% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 496,814 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Honolulu County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Honolulu County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 496,814 workers age 16+, including 451,346 workers with reported travel time and 45,468 home workers.
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
All Hawaii reports →Comparable Hawaii commute records for Honolulu County
No other Hawaii county in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.