ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sanders County, Montana

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.6%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 22.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.0% → 15.2%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.0% → 64.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.6% ±4.2 pp
Carpool10.2% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk6.7% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.1 pp
Work from home15.2% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,316 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

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

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,285± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,316± 318 MOE
Workers with travel time3,658± 300 MOE
Estimated home workers658± 155 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.