ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15626002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pearl City, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 26.6 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 9.1%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 2.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 71.6%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.6% ±2.4 pp
Carpool13.6% ±1.7 pp
Public transit2.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.1% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 21,429 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,547± 1,921 MOE
Workers age 16+21,429± 1,186 MOE
Workers with travel time19,478± 1,093 MOE
Estimated home workers1,951± 333 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.