ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15772252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wailua Homesteads, Hawaii

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

41thMean commute percentile

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

71thWork-from-home percentile

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

65thTransit percentile

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

4th60+ 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 the shares

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.