What is the average commute in Kihei CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Kihei CDP, Hawaii work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · HI · GEOID 15365002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kihei, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Kihei CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Kihei CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 22.1 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 13.5%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 0.9%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 69.8%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kihei CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±2.2 pp

Carpool12.2% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.7% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home13.5% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 11,280 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kihei CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33^thMean commute percentile

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

59^thWork-from-home percentile

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

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kihei CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,280 workers age 16+, including 9,754 workers with reported travel time and 1,526 home workers.

Population estimate21,567± 1,407 MOE

Workers age 16+11,280± 825 MOE

Workers with travel time9,754± 711 MOE

Estimated home workers1,526± 373 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 Kihei 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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