What is the average commute in Lihue CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 15452002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lihue, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Lihue CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±5.2 min MOE

Worked from home5.0%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Lihue CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.5 min → 16.8 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 5.0%▼ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 3.8%▲ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 77.5%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lihue CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 3.8% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±5.3 pp

Carpool7.7% ±4.4 pp

Public transit3.8% ±3.2 pp

Walk4.7% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle1.3% ±2.5 pp

Work from home5.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,513 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lihue CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lihue CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,513 workers age 16+, including 3,336 workers with reported travel time and 177 home workers.

Population estimate7,901± 872 MOE

Workers age 16+3,513± 573 MOE

Workers with travel time3,336± 550 MOE

Estimated home workers177± 101 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 Lihue 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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