What is the average commute in Wailua Homesteads CDP, Hawaii?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Wailua Homesteads CDP, Hawaii work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.1 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 15772252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wailua Homesteads, Hawaii

Name: Commute estimates for Wailua Homesteads CDP, Hawaii
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 17.0% worked from home, 63.7% drove alone, and 1.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±6.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.0%±7.1 pp MOE

Drove alone63.7%±11.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.2%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 Wailua Homesteads CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 23.4 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.8% → 17.0%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 63.7%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wailua Homesteads CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 17.0% worked from home.

Drive alone63.7% ±11.8 pp

Carpool17.7% ±6.8 pp

Public transit0.9% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.8% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home17.0% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 2,756 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wailua Homesteads CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41^thMean commute percentile

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

71^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wailua Homesteads CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,756 workers age 16+, including 2,288 workers with reported travel time and 468 home workers.

Population estimate5,431± 920 MOE

Workers age 16+2,756± 477 MOE

Workers with travel time2,288± 457 MOE

Estimated home workers468± 213 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 Wailua Homesteads 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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