Kaneohe Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Kaneohe, Hawaii: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Kaneohe: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kaneohe spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 227 hours, about 9.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the Hawaii average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.

Kaneohe holds about 2.3% of Hawaii's population but accounts for roughly 2.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Kaneohe would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,816 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Kaneohe	27.2 min	54.5 min	227 hrs/yr	$7,039	3,950
Hawaii	22.8 min	45.5 min	190 hrs/yr	$5,883	2,478
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Kaneohe Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.2 minutes to get to work in Kaneohe. That's 22% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kaneohe

Walking is unusually rare in Kaneohe: 3.4 times less than the Hawaii average (1.2% vs 4.2%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Kaneohe, versus 0.2% in Hawaii.

Commute Mode Trends in Kaneohe, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kaneohe get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	91.0%	2.0%	3.6%	2.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2010	91.5%	2.1%	2.8%	2.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%
2011	90.2%	2.5%	3.2%	2.5%	1.0%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	89.0%	2.7%	3.6%	2.6%	1.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2013	86.7%	2.7%	4.7%	3.1%	1.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%
2014	87.2%	2.6%	5.1%	2.3%	2.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%
2015	86.7%	2.9%	5.4%	1.9%	2.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2016	86.8%	3.1%	4.8%	1.8%	2.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%
2017	87.0%	3.0%	4.7%	1.8%	2.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%
2018	87.6%	4.1%	4.0%	1.6%	1.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%
2019	87.4%	4.4%	3.9%	2.2%	1.2%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%
2020	87.0%	6.0%	3.0%	2.1%	1.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	85.2%	7.9%	2.9%	1.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	83.8%	9.5%	2.8%	1.7%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%
2023	84.4%	9.1%	2.2%	2.1%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%
2024	85.3%	9.4%	1.7%	1.2%	1.2%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 91.5% and lowest in 2022 at 83.8%. Overall it fell from 91.0% in 2009 to 85.3% in 2024, down 5.7 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kaneohe: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 7.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Kaneohe

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kaneohe?

The bars show when commuters in Kaneohe leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Hawaii for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		20.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.4%

Kaneohe Hawaii Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Kaneohe is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Hawaii. Early starts are less common than in Hawaii: 17.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 19.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Hawaii: 51.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 44.2% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Kaneohe, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Kaneohe Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Kaneohe next to Hawaii and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Kaneohe	Hawaii	United States
2009	7:01 AM	7:11 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:57 AM	7:12 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:58 AM	7:13 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:55 AM	7:13 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:01 AM	7:14 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:01 AM	7:14 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:06 AM	7:14 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:05 AM	7:14 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:07 AM	7:14 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:01 AM	7:14 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:07 AM	7:15 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:08 AM	7:15 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:09 AM	7:16 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 AM	7:17 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:13 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:12 AM	7:18 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Kaneohe were on the road by 7:12 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:01 AM). The shift is sharper than across Hawaii, where the typical start moved 7 minutes later. Commuters in Kaneohe now leave 26 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Kaneohe has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Kaneohe's commute time compare?

Metric	Kaneohe	Hawaii	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.2 min	22.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.4%	9.6%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	3.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Kaneohe is 27.2 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Hawaii.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.8% in Hawaii. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 4.2% in Hawaii.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Kaneohe, Hawaii.

Is living in Kaneohe, Hawaii good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 227 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,039 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical Hawaii commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Kaneohe, Hawaii?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.