What is the average commute in Pukalani CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 15659002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pukalani, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Pukalani CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.7 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 16.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.7 min±9.0 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±4.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.8%±20.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.3%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 Pukalani CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 29.7 min▲ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 7.6%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 2.3%▲ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 71.8%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pukalani CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 2.3% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±20.8 pp

Carpool16.1% ±6.6 pp

Public transit2.3% ±1.8 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home7.6% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,842 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pukalani CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pukalani CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,842 workers age 16+, including 3,550 workers with reported travel time and 292 home workers.

Population estimate8,679± 1,141 MOE

Workers age 16+3,842± 787 MOE

Workers with travel time3,550± 691 MOE

Estimated home workers292± 178 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 Pukalani 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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