ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MT · GEOID 30442002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lockwood, Montana

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±5.4 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 21.3 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 7.7%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 75.4%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.4% ±5.4 pp
Carpool14.4% ±6.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,519 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,181± 807 MOE
Workers age 16+3,519± 501 MOE
Workers with travel time3,249± 487 MOE
Estimated home workers270± 114 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.