ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15074702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ewa Gentry, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip35.5 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.2%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.6%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 commute36.8 min → 35.5 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 5.5%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 4.9%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 68.2%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.2% ±5.2 pp
Carpool17.8% ±2.3 pp
Public transit4.9% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.5% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 14,576 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate26,563± 2,100 MOE
Workers age 16+14,576± 1,238 MOE
Workers with travel time13,768± 1,232 MOE
Estimated home workers808± 175 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.