ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15566852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ocean Pointe, Hawaii

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.9 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 75.9% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.9 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.9%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.2%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 Ocean Pointe 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 +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.1 min → 36.9 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 6.9%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 75.9%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ocean Pointe CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone75.9% ±5.3 pp
Carpool13.5% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.2% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,417 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ocean Pointe CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ocean Pointe CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,417 workers age 16+, including 7,833 workers with reported travel time and 584 home workers.

Population estimate17,085± 1,356 MOE
Workers age 16+8,417± 745 MOE
Workers with travel time7,833± 739 MOE
Estimated home workers584± 171 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 Ocean Pointe 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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