Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300572024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Madison County, Montana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 61.7% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.8 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home20.5%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone61.7%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.2%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 Madison County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 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 Madison County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,140 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Madison County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 60th 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 higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Madison County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,140 workers age 16+, including 3,290 workers with reported travel time and 850 home workers.
Population estimate9,223± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,140± 227 MOE
Workers with travel time3,290± 237 MOE
Estimated home workers850± 141 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 Madison County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.