What is the average commute in Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County, Montana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 300492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lewis and Clark County, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Lewis and Clark County, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 14.5% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home14.5%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone68.1%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Lewis and Clark County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 18.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 14.5%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 68.1%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lewis and Clark County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 14.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.1% ±2.2 pp

Carpool10.8% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk4.3% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±0.5 pp

Work from home14.5% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 36,698 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lewis and Clark County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

11^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lewis and Clark County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 36,698 workers age 16+, including 31,393 workers with reported travel time and 5,305 home workers.

Population estimate73,464± — MOE

Workers age 16+36,698± 841 MOE

Workers with travel time31,393± 937 MOE

Estimated home workers5,305± 552 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 Lewis and Clark County

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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