ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15474502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Makaha, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip47.1 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone54.5%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip34.5%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 commute50.6 min → 47.1 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 11.6%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit9.8% → 11.7%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.3% → 54.5%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone54.5% ±6.3 pp
Carpool19.5% ±4.6 pp
Public transit11.7% ±5.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.6% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,397 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,066± 1,444 MOE
Workers age 16+3,397± 421 MOE
Workers with travel time3,004± 350 MOE
Estimated home workers393± 174 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.