ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15452002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lihue, Hawaii

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

8thMean commute percentile

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

13thWork-from-home percentile

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

88thTransit percentile

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

15th60+ 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 the shares

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.