What is the average commute in Stillwater County, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Stillwater County, Montana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · MT · GEOID 300952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stillwater County, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Stillwater County, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 9.8% worked from home, 60.4% drove alone, and 13.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.8%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone60.4%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.3%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 Stillwater County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.5 min → 30.5 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 9.8%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.3% → 60.4%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stillwater County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.4%; 2.5% used public transit and 9.8% worked from home.

Drive alone60.4% ±4.2 pp

Carpool22.4% ±3.7 pp

Public transit2.5% ±0.8 pp

Walk3.7% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.8% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,489 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stillwater County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stillwater County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,489 workers age 16+, including 4,049 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.

Population estimate9,182± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,489± 187 MOE

Workers with travel time4,049± 193 MOE

Estimated home workers440± 124 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 Stillwater 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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