ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15005502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aiea, Hawaii

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 71.4% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±16.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Aiea CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 24.6 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 7.8%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 2.5%▲ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 71.4%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aiea CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.4%; 2.5% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.

Drive alone71.4% ±16.0 pp
Carpool13.4% ±3.0 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.8% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 4,676 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aiea CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aiea CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,676 workers age 16+, including 4,313 workers with reported travel time and 363 home workers.

Population estimate9,087± 1,072 MOE
Workers age 16+4,676± 759 MOE
Workers with travel time4,313± 675 MOE
Estimated home workers363± 234 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 Hawaii commute records for Aiea CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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