ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15715502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone55.1%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute22.7 min → 21.9 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.8%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit9.5% → 7.3%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.7% → 55.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.1% ±0.8 pp
Carpool14.4% ±0.7 pp
Public transit7.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk8.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.8% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 177,678 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate345,482± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+177,678± 2,068 MOE
Workers with travel time160,341± 2,042 MOE
Estimated home workers17,337± 1,062 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 nearby records

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