ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15100002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Halawa, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone62.4%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute23.4 min → 23.8 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 5.0%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 4.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 62.4%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.4% ±5.4 pp
Carpool20.2% ±3.8 pp
Public transit4.3% ±2.0 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 7,389 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thTransit percentile

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

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,385± 1,379 MOE
Workers age 16+7,389± 1,012 MOE
Workers with travel time7,020± 968 MOE
Estimated home workers369± 147 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.