What is the average commute in Whitefish city, Montana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.2 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 30798252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitefish, Montana

Name: Commute estimates for Whitefish city, Montana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.6 min one way; 24.4% worked from home, 62.2% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home24.4%±6.2 pp MOE

Drove alone62.2%±7.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Whitefish city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.3 min → 16.6 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.4% → 24.4%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.3%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 62.2%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Whitefish city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 24.4% worked from home.

Drive alone62.2% ±7.9 pp

Carpool4.2% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk6.9% ±4.0 pp

Bicycle1.9% ±1.7 pp

Work from home24.4% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 4,736 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Whitefish city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thTransit percentile

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

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Whitefish city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,736 workers age 16+, including 3,582 workers with reported travel time and 1,154 home workers.

Population estimate8,749± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+4,736± 372 MOE

Workers with travel time3,582± 410 MOE

Estimated home workers1,154± 308 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 Whitefish 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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