What is the average commute in Blaine County, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Blaine County, Montana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blaine County, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Blaine County, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.4 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 59.8% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.4 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home16.6%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone59.8%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Blaine County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute15.8 min → 15.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 16.6%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.6%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 59.8%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blaine County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.8%; 0.6% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone59.8% ±5.5 pp

Carpool15.8% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±1.4 pp

Walk5.1% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home16.6% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 2,670 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blaine County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

7^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blaine County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,670 workers age 16+, including 2,228 workers with reported travel time and 442 home workers.

Population estimate6,949± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,670± 140 MOE

Workers with travel time2,228± 157 MOE

Estimated home workers442± 96 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Montana commute records for Blaine County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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