ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15142002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hickam Housing, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip14.9 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 commute13.8 min → 14.9 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 4.5%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 74.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±6.8 pp
Carpool7.5% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk6.8% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle4.7% ±2.1 pp
Work from home4.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 4,377 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

0th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,425± 795 MOE
Workers age 16+4,377± 446 MOE
Workers with travel time4,180± 444 MOE
Estimated home workers197± 100 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.