Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MT · GEOID 301012024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Toole County, Montana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.5 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Toole County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Toole County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 1.2% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,181 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Toole County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Toole County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,181 workers age 16+, including 1,949 workers with reported travel time and 232 home workers.
Population estimate5,061± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,181± 163 MOE
Workers with travel time1,949± 172 MOE
Estimated home workers232± 73 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
All Montana reports →Comparable Montana commute records for Toole County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.