What is the average commute in Makaha CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 47.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 15474502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Makaha, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Makaha CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 47.1 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 54.5% drove alone, and 34.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Makaha CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.5 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 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 Makaha CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.5%; 11.7% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.

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

How Makaha CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

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

49^thWork-from-home percentile

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

97^thTransit percentile

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

100^th60+ 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 Makaha CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,397 workers age 16+, including 3,004 workers with reported travel time and 393 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Hawaii commute records for Makaha 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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