What is the average commute in Sidney city, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 30679002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sidney, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Sidney city, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 1.9% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 12.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home1.9%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±6.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.0%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 Sidney city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.9 min → 21.2 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 1.9%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 79.5%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sidney city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±6.2 pp

Carpool10.7% ±5.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk6.3% ±3.6 pp

Bicycle1.6% ±2.2 pp

Work from home1.9% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 3,314 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sidney city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

28^thMean commute percentile

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

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sidney city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,314 workers age 16+, including 3,251 workers with reported travel time and 63 home workers.

Population estimate6,171± 15 MOE

Workers age 16+3,314± 264 MOE

Workers with travel time3,251± 265 MOE

Estimated home workers63± 55 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 Sidney 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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