ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fallon County, Montana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 6.2% worked from home, 81.6% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 Fallon County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.6 min → 21.0 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 6.2%▼ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 3.0%▲ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 81.6%▲ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fallon County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.6%; 3.0% used public transit and 6.2% worked from home.

Drive alone81.6% ±6.1 pp
Carpool4.0% ±3.7 pp
Public transit3.0% ±3.0 pp
Walk4.2% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home6.2% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 1,251 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fallon County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fallon County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,251 workers age 16+, including 1,173 workers with reported travel time and 78 home workers.

Population estimate2,760± 182 MOE
Workers age 16+1,251± 136 MOE
Workers with travel time1,173± 139 MOE
Estimated home workers78± 52 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 Fallon 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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