What is the average commute in Gallatin County, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 300312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gallatin County, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Gallatin County, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 68.6% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home15.5%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone68.6%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.2%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 Gallatin County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.3 min → 18.3 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.3% → 15.5%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.3% → 68.6%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gallatin County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.6% ±1.6 pp

Carpool7.4% ±0.9 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp

Walk5.3% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle1.8% ±0.4 pp

Work from home15.5% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 70,276 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gallatin County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gallatin County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 70,276 workers age 16+, including 59,351 workers with reported travel time and 10,925 home workers.

Population estimate124,074± — MOE

Workers age 16+70,276± 1,236 MOE

Workers with travel time59,351± 1,290 MOE

Estimated home workers10,925± 916 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 Gallatin County

These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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