ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MT · GEOID 30113972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.9 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 76.6% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±2.8 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 Butte-Silver Bow (balance)'s published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.2 min → 16.9 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.6%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 76.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Butte-Silver Bow (balance) residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.6%; 0.7% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone76.6% ±2.8 pp
Carpool10.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home7.6% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 16,414 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Butte-Silver Bow (balance) compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Butte-Silver Bow (balance)'s commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,414 workers age 16+, including 15,163 workers with reported travel time and 1,251 home workers.

Population estimate35,052± 191 MOE
Workers age 16+16,414± 600 MOE
Workers with travel time15,163± 616 MOE
Estimated home workers1,251± 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Montana commute records for Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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