2011 Housing Planning Study - County of Hawaii

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Table 17: Effect of Commuting on Housing Choice, 2011 Commuter Travel Time Situation use Snort Not a Public Commute Moderate Long Commuter Total Transit Only Commute Commute Household Households Total Effective Demand Mover Households 33,286 24,965 33,956 18,362 27,547 138,116 Tradeoff: Commute vs. Price Prefer a Shorter Commute 32% 48% 55% 56% 44% 46% Prefer a Lower Price 57% 38% 33% 32% 38% 41% Undecided 11% 14% 12% 12% 18% 13% Prefer to Move Closer to Work Yes 56% 35% 45% 42% 18% 40% No 39% 64% 51% 56% 78% 57% Not Sure 4% 1% 4% 2% 4% 3% Prefer to Move Closer to Bus Stops Yes 71% 26% 42% 35% 53% 47% No 26% 66% 54% 62% 44% 49% Not Sure 3% 9% 4% 3% 3% 4% City and County of Honolulu 27,413 14,974 24,462 13,321 17,259 97,429 Effective Demand Mover Households Interested in Moving Close to Rail Stations Yes 35% 17% 32% 35% 33% 31% No 48% 75% 64% 64% 63% 61% Not Sure 17% 9% 4% 1% 4% 8% Importance of Rail Stations in my Next Housing Choice Extremely Important 36% 25% 23% 36% 28% Somewhat Important 53% 1000/ 55% 53% 34% 54% Not Very Important 100/ 18% 3% 19% 12% Would Never Move Next to a Rail Station 1% 2% 19% 1% 4% Not Sure 2% 11% 2% Source: Housing Demand Survey, 2011. Note: Trade-off, Closer to Work and Closer to Bus Stops data are for the State of Hawai i. Data regarding rail stations are for the City and County of Honolulu only. The estimated number of households who were percentage (14% to 17%) in all other counties. planning to move in the next several years was Long commutes affected about the same 138,116. Of those, 81 percent were commuter proportion of people in all counties (12% to households — had one or more adult members 14%). Commuters in Maui and Hawaii typically who traveled to work or school at least three made short commutes, while moderate commute days a week during peak travel times. Just less times were more common among commuters on than a quarter of the population (24%) made that Oahu and Kauai. commute using public transportation. The remaining 57 percent were commuters who use We also see that the majority of those who use their own vehicles to travel to work or school. public transportation are renters, while homeowners most often make a moderate daily There were more commuters on Oahu than in commute. Because renters are more likely to be Hawaii, Maui or Kauai Counties. Public in multi-family dwellings, it follows that residents transportation was used by 28 percent of the of multi-family dwellings are more likely than potential movers on Oahu and about half that Hawaii Housing Planning Study,2011 Page 36 0 SMS, Inc. November,2011