ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MT · GEOID 30350502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Havre, Montana

Mean one-way trip10.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home3.1%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute11.2 min → 10.5 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 3.1%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.2%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 75.2%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±4.2 pp
Carpool11.2% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp
Walk8.8% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.9 pp
Work from home3.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 4,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,258± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+4,421± 237 MOE
Workers with travel time4,285± 251 MOE
Estimated home workers136± 84 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.