Who works from home in Honolulu?

How many workers in Honolulu, HI work from home, how much that changed since 2015, and how the local share compares with the county, the state and the United States.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B08301.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Working from home changed Honolulu's workday.

Workers who work from home: 8.9% — About 15,860 workers · U.S.: 13.5%

Share working from home, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 3.5
• 2023: 8.9

Share working from home

• Honolulu: 8.9
• Honolulu County: 8.4
• HI: 8.8
• U.S.: 13.5

How workers get there (2023)

• Drove alone: 55.7
• Public transit: 7.9
• Worked from home: 8.9
• Other: 27.5

What it means

Remote work in Honolulu is roughly 2.5× what it was in 2015 — 3.5% of workers then, 8.9% now.

That is far lower than the national figure — the national share is 13.5%.

ACS 5-year estimates average five years of responses, so the 2023 figure still carries some pre-pandemic years inside it.