What is the average commute in Laie CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.7 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 15432502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laie, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Laie CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.1 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 30.9% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.1 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home10.9%±5.7 pp MOE

Drove alone30.9%±7.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.2%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 Laie CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.9 min → 16.1 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 10.9%▼ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone27.0% → 30.9%▲ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laie CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 30.9%; 2.3% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.

Drive alone30.9% ±7.9 pp

Carpool12.3% ±4.1 pp

Public transit2.3% ±2.4 pp

Walk33.5% ±4.3 pp

Bicycle8.7% ±3.2 pp

Work from home10.9% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 3,073 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laie CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laie CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,073 workers age 16+, including 2,737 workers with reported travel time and 336 home workers.

Population estimate5,699± 669 MOE

Workers age 16+3,073± 432 MOE

Workers with travel time2,737± 444 MOE

Estimated home workers336± 182 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 Laie 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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