ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15236752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kaiminani, Hawaii

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.5%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 Kaiminani CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute21.3 min → 20.4 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 13.5%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.1%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 74.8%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kaiminani CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 1.1% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.8% ±7.4 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.5% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,703 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kaiminani CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kaiminani CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,703 workers age 16+, including 4,934 workers with reported travel time and 769 home workers.

Population estimate11,465± 1,347 MOE
Workers age 16+5,703± 831 MOE
Workers with travel time4,934± 784 MOE
Estimated home workers769± 299 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Hawaii commute records for Kaiminani CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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