ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15282872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kaneohe Base, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip11.3 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone55.4%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.1%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 commute10.3 min → 11.3 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 5.1%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.3% → 55.4%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.4% ±7.5 pp
Carpool11.7% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp
Walk21.2% ±3.8 pp
Bicycle2.2% ±1.0 pp
Work from home5.1% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 6,911 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,919± 859 MOE
Workers age 16+6,911± 592 MOE
Workers with travel time6,561± 630 MOE
Estimated home workers350± 197 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.