ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Silver Bow County, Montana

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.5%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute15.3 min → 16.9 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 7.6%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.7% → 76.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.5% ±2.7 pp
Carpool10.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.5% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home7.6% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 16,756 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,785± — MOE
Workers age 16+16,756± 612 MOE
Workers with travel time15,479± 620 MOE
Estimated home workers1,277± 249 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.