ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · HI · GEOID 15798602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waipio, Hawaii

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%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 commute30.1 min → 27.4 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 8.1%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 70.6%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±2.0 pp
Carpool16.0% ±4.6 pp
Public transit2.4% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.1% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,423 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.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

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

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,870± 851 MOE
Workers age 16+5,423± 609 MOE
Workers with travel time4,982± 603 MOE
Estimated home workers441± 165 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.