ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15231502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), Hawaii

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute29.5 min → 29.1 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 13.0%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 2.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 69.9%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.9% ±2.6 pp
Carpool10.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.3% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 19,429 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,640± 1,744 MOE
Workers age 16+19,429± 1,023 MOE
Workers with travel time16,906± 949 MOE
Estimated home workers2,523± 366 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.