ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15074852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ewa Villages, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home2.3%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.7%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 commute32.7 min → 30.9 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 2.3%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 3.3%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.1% → 79.8%▲ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.8% ±7.0 pp
Carpool11.0% ±4.3 pp
Public transit3.3% ±2.9 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home2.3% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 3,218 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,415± 1,181 MOE
Workers age 16+3,218± 532 MOE
Workers with travel time3,144± 533 MOE
Estimated home workers74± 49 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.