Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cascade County, Montana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.5 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.5 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Cascade County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Cascade County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.7% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 40,504 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cascade County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cascade County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 40,504 workers age 16+, including 37,497 workers with reported travel time and 3,007 home workers.
Population estimate84,606± — MOE
Workers age 16+40,504± 824 MOE
Workers with travel time37,497± 856 MOE
Estimated home workers3,007± 417 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
All Montana reports →Comparable Montana commute records for Cascade County
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.