ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deer Lodge County, Montana

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.8 min → 18.6 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 8.1%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 75.3%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±4.9 pp
Carpool6.1% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.3% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.1% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 4,507 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

19thMean commute percentile

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

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,597± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,507± 322 MOE
Workers with travel time4,144± 334 MOE
Estimated home workers363± 147 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.