ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sheridan County, Montana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.2 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 64.8% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.2 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Sheridan County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.4 min → 13.2 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 5.2%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 3.8%▲ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 64.8%▼ 11.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sheridan County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.8%; 3.8% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.

Drive alone64.8% ±7.0 pp
Carpool14.3% ±4.1 pp
Public transit3.8% ±5.0 pp
Walk9.0% ±3.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 1,779 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sheridan County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sheridan County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,779 workers age 16+, including 1,686 workers with reported travel time and 93 home workers.

Population estimate3,669± 188 MOE
Workers age 16+1,779± 140 MOE
Workers with travel time1,686± 140 MOE
Estimated home workers93± 33 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 Sheridan 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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