What is the average commute in Waihee-Waiehu CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Waihee-Waiehu CDP, Hawaii work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 15755102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waihee-Waiehu, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Waihee-Waiehu CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home2.4%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone78.0%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.7%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 Waihee-Waiehu CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 23.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 2.4%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.5%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 78.0%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waihee-Waiehu CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.5% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±4.7 pp

Carpool14.1% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home2.4% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 5,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waihee-Waiehu CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waihee-Waiehu CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,421 workers age 16+, including 5,292 workers with reported travel time and 129 home workers.

Population estimate10,988± 1,300 MOE

Workers age 16+5,421± 598 MOE

Workers with travel time5,292± 600 MOE

Estimated home workers129± 65 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 Waihee-Waiehu 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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