ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15063002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Kapolei, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±9.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.6%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 commute37.7 min → 33.0 min▼ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 5.9%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.6%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.5% → 69.5%▲ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.5% ±6.3 pp
Carpool19.9% ±7.1 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.9% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,765 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,551± 1,159 MOE
Workers age 16+3,765± 644 MOE
Workers with travel time3,544± 629 MOE
Estimated home workers221± 111 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.