Counties in Montana by mean travel time to work, 2023

Name: Counties in Montana by mean travel time to work, 2023
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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Carbon County had the highest mean travel time to work of 43 counties in 2023, at 28.9 minutes. Hill County had the lowest, at 13.6 minutes. The median was 19 minutes and the figure for Montana was 19.2 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest28.9Carbon County

Lowest13.6Hill County

Median1943 counties

Montana19.2History

All counties, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 minutes	Change on 2022
1	Carbon County Estimated	28.9	+2.2
2	Stillwater County Estimated	28.5	+0.1
3	Broadwater County Estimated	28	+2.6
4	Musselshell County Estimated	27.9	-0.5
5	Granite County Estimated	27.4	+4.9
6	Madison County Estimated	27.1	+1
7	Mineral County Estimated	26.3	-0.5
8	Ravalli County Estimated	25.3	+1.7
9	Park County Estimated	24.6	+0.4
10	Sanders County Estimated	23.7	+2.1
10	Sweet Grass County Estimated	23.7	+0.6
12	Jefferson County Estimated	22.3	-0.5
13	Teton County Estimated	21.9	+0.7
14	Lake County Estimated	21.8	+0.7
15	Deer Lodge County Estimated	21.2	+2.6
16	Big Horn County Estimated	20.9	+2
17	Richland County Estimated	20.5	+0.5
18	McCone County Estimated	20.4	-0.2
19	Chouteau County Estimated	19.8	-0.1
20	Dawson County Estimated	19.6	+3.2
21	Flathead County Estimated	19.3	+0.3
22	Roosevelt County Estimated	19	+0.9
23	Lincoln County Estimated	18.9	-1.6
24	Gallatin County Estimated	18.8	+0.3
25	Missoula County Estimated	18.7	+0.8
26	Fergus County Estimated	18.6	-1.1
26	Powell County Estimated	18.6	+2.2
26	Yellowstone County Estimated	18.6	-0.3
29	Beaverhead County Estimated	18.4	-1.3
30	Pondera County Estimated	18	+1.5
31	Lewis and Clark County Estimated	17.5	+0.2
32	Cascade County Estimated	16.6	-0.4
33	Carter County Estimated	16.4	+1.7
34	Silver Bow County Estimated	16.2	-0.4
35	Blaine County Estimated	15.9	+0.9
36	Rosebud County Estimated	15.2	+0.1
36	Valley County Estimated	15.2	+0.2
38	Glacier County Estimated	15	-0.6
38	Toole County Estimated	15	0
40	Sheridan County Estimated	14.2	-1.7
41	Phillips County Estimated	13.7	-0.3
42	Custer County Estimated	13.6	+1.1
42	Hill County Estimated	13.6	+0.4

Other periods

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2022
2021

About this ranking

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?

Carbon County, with 28.9 minutes in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Hill County, with 13.6 minutes in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 5 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.