ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15774502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wailuku, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute21.4 min → 19.1 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 7.7%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 77.0%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.0% ±5.7 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 8,352 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

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

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,926± 1,455 MOE
Workers age 16+8,352± 763 MOE
Workers with travel time7,710± 770 MOE
Estimated home workers642± 189 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.