How long is the commute in Honolulu?

Average travel time to work in Honolulu, HI, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Honolulu gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 20.3 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 55.7
• Carpooled: 14.2
• Transit: 7.9
• Walked: 7.7
• From home: 8.9

Average commute (minutes)

• Honolulu: 20.3
• Honolulu County: 24.8
• HI: 24.1
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 8.9% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 2.6 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.5% of workers in 2015 to 8.9% in the latest estimates.