What is the average commute in Livingston city, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Livingston city, Montana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MT · GEOID 30439752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Livingston, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Livingston city, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Livingston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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 Livingston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.

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

How Livingston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

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

61^thWork-from-home percentile

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

66^thTransit percentile

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

61^th60+ 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 Livingston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,730 workers age 16+, including 4,062 workers with reported travel time and 668 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Montana commute records for Livingston city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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