ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15227002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kahului, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone68.2%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 commute21.1 min → 22.8 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 5.0%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 3.2%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.3% → 68.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.2% ±2.2 pp
Carpool19.7% ±3.4 pp
Public transit3.2% ±1.9 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 13,633 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.

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,288± 1,914 MOE
Workers age 16+13,633± 1,265 MOE
Workers with travel time12,955± 1,234 MOE
Estimated home workers678± 261 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.