What is the average commute in Chouteau County, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 300152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chouteau County, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Chouteau County, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.5%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone68.7%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.4%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 Chouteau County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 18.5 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.9% → 12.5%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.5% → 68.7%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chouteau County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.7% ±4.9 pp

Carpool10.8% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk6.7% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home12.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 2,327 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chouteau County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chouteau County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,327 workers age 16+, including 2,037 workers with reported travel time and 290 home workers.

Population estimate5,906± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,327± 139 MOE

Workers with travel time2,037± 145 MOE

Estimated home workers290± 73 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 Chouteau 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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