ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15766002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waikoloa Village, Hawaii

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 0.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.6%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 Waikoloa Village CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 26.4 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 6.1%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 74.1%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waikoloa Village CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone74.1% ±7.7 pp
Carpool19.0% ±5.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,170 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waikoloa Village CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waikoloa Village CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,170 workers age 16+, including 2,976 workers with reported travel time and 194 home workers.

Population estimate7,543± 1,203 MOE
Workers age 16+3,170± 553 MOE
Workers with travel time2,976± 566 MOE
Estimated home workers194± 101 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 Waikoloa Village 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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