ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15139002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Heeia, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±10.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±14.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute29.4 min → 27.8 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 10.8%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 2.5%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 70.6%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±14.5 pp
Carpool13.8% ±9.0 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.7 pp
Work from home10.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 2,652 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.

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,144± 836 MOE
Workers age 16+2,652± 651 MOE
Workers with travel time2,366± 646 MOE
Estimated home workers286± 102 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.