ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15191002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Iroquois Point, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip35.7 min±8.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.5%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 commute38.7 min → 35.7 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 5.4%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 83.5%▲ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.5% ±8.8 pp
Carpool7.8% ±5.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home5.4% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 2,260 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,158± 831 MOE
Workers age 16+2,260± 293 MOE
Workers with travel time2,137± 300 MOE
Estimated home workers123± 88 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.