ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15762502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waikele, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±9.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 → 26.4 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 9.8%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 3.2%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 77.0%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.0% ±9.6 pp
Carpool7.0% ±3.0 pp
Public transit3.2% ±2.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.8% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 4,496 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.

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,528± 910 MOE
Workers age 16+4,496± 627 MOE
Workers with travel time4,056± 641 MOE
Estimated home workers440± 167 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.