ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richland County, Montana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 Richland County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.2 min → 22.7 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 5.4%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 73.2%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richland County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±4.6 pp
Carpool11.5% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk8.9% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.3 pp
Work from home5.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,735 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richland County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richland County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,735 workers age 16+, including 5,423 workers with reported travel time and 312 home workers.

Population estimate11,235± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,735± 242 MOE
Workers with travel time5,423± 236 MOE
Estimated home workers312± 143 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 Richland 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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