Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MT · GEOID 30089502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bozeman, Montana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 16.1% worked from home, 63.2% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.5 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.1%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Bozeman city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Bozeman city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 16.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 33,706 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bozeman city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bozeman city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 33,706 workers age 16+, including 28,267 workers with reported travel time and 5,439 home workers.
Population estimate56,114± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+33,706± 933 MOE
Workers with travel time28,267± 936 MOE
Estimated home workers5,439± 599 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 Bozeman city
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.