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

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.3 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.