ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15074502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ewa Beach, Hawaii

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.0 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 65.5% drove alone, and 22.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.0 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.5%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.5%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 Ewa Beach CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute41.2 min → 38.0 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 7.3%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit18.1% → 10.9%▼ 7.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.5% → 65.5%▲ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ewa Beach CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.5%; 10.9% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

Drive alone65.5% ±6.0 pp
Carpool13.4% ±2.5 pp
Public transit10.9% ±4.0 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 6,515 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ewa Beach CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ewa Beach CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,515 workers age 16+, including 6,042 workers with reported travel time and 473 home workers.

Population estimate14,376± 1,473 MOE
Workers age 16+6,515± 806 MOE
Workers with travel time6,042± 797 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 171 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 Ewa Beach 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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