Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300532024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lincoln County, Montana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 59.7% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.5 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.5%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone59.7%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 Lincoln County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lincoln County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,199 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lincoln County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lincoln County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,199 workers age 16+, including 6,085 workers with reported travel time and 1,114 home workers.
Population estimate21,175± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,199± 452 MOE
Workers with travel time6,085± 494 MOE
Estimated home workers1,114± 234 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
All Montana reports →Comparable Montana commute records for Lincoln County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.