ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MT · GEOID 30439752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Livingston, Montana

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 25.5 min▲ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 14.1%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 1.0%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.6% → 68.4%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.4% ±6.3 pp
Carpool10.7% ±4.7 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±1.3 pp
Work from home14.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 4,730 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,780± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+4,730± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time4,062± 316 MOE
Estimated home workers668± 212 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.