ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15744502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waianae, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip42.2 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.0%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute44.8 min → 42.2 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 4.2%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit9.0% → 10.9%▲ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.1% → 64.0%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.0% ±5.2 pp
Carpool16.3% ±3.8 pp
Public transit10.9% ±3.6 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 5,252 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

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

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,918± 1,395 MOE
Workers age 16+5,252± 665 MOE
Workers with travel time5,029± 647 MOE
Estimated home workers223± 98 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.