ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MT · GEOID 30495252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Miles City, Montana

Mean one-way trip10.8 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home3.9%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 commute10.1 min → 10.8 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 3.9%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 73.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±4.1 pp
Carpool14.8% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.6% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home3.9% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 4,497 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.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,407± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,497± 221 MOE
Workers with travel time4,320± 235 MOE
Estimated home workers177± 81 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.