What is the average commute in Kula CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 15416002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kula, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Kula CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 62.0% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±9.1 min MOE

Worked from home15.6%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone62.0%±9.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.1%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 Kula CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 29.5 min▲ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 15.6%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 62.0%▼ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kula CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

Drive alone62.0% ±9.5 pp

Carpool8.8% ±3.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.4 pp

Walk8.7% ±9.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home15.6% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,112 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kula CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kula CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,112 workers age 16+, including 2,627 workers with reported travel time and 485 home workers.

Population estimate6,791± 740 MOE

Workers age 16+3,112± 540 MOE

Workers with travel time2,627± 520 MOE

Estimated home workers485± 166 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 Kula 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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