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Commuting in Mineral County, Montana: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Mineral County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mineral County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% more time on the road than the Montana average of 16.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.

Mineral County holds about 0.4% of Montana's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Mineral County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,119 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Mineral County 20.5 min 41.0 min 171 hrs/yr $5,298 324
Montana 16.0 min 32.1 min 134 hrs/yr $4,143 403
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Montana Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Montana
  1. Treasure County (7.2 min)
  2. Rosebud County (8.2 min)
  3. Fallon County (8.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Montana
  1. Broadwater County (30.3 min)
  2. Stillwater County (27.8 min)
  3. Granite County (23.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Mineral County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.5 minutes to get to work in Mineral County. That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Montana

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mineral County

  • Car: 84.1%
  • Worked at Home: 9.9%
  • Walked: 4.7%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • Bicycle: 0.3%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Mineral County: 1379.7 times less than the Montana average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Mineral County: 6.5 times less than the Montana average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Mineral County, versus 0.1% in Montana.

Commute Mode Trends in Mineral County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mineral County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Other Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 83.0% 8.3% 7.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 83.6% 7.0% 9.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 86.6% 5.9% 7.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 84.2% 7.6% 7.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 85.5% 3.9% 8.6% 1.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 89.1% 3.8% 5.3% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 90.8% 3.7% 4.2% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 89.0% 6.4% 3.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 87.5% 6.2% 5.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 85.8% 6.9% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 84.7% 7.8% 5.6% 1.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 81.1% 8.6% 8.8% 1.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 81.0% 9.3% 7.9% 1.5% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 82.8% 9.6% 6.1% 1.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 82.1% 10.5% 5.8% 1.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 84.1% 9.9% 4.7% 0.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 90.8% and lowest in 2021 at 81.0%. Overall it rose from 83.0% in 2009 to 84.1% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mineral County: its share of workers rose from 8.3% in 2009 to 9.9% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.7% to 4.7% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Mineral County

  • Sleeping InThe 3rd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Montana's 56 counties: 26.1% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Montana's 56 counties: only 47.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mineral County?

The bars show when commuters in Mineral County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Montana for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
15.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
4.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.9%

Mineral County Montana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Mineral County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Montana. Early starts are more common than in Montana: 16.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Montana: 47.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 55.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.1%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Mineral County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Mineral County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Mineral County next to Montana and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Mineral County Montana United States
2009 7:46 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:45 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:48 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:49 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:44 AM 7:45 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:41 AM 7:45 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:52 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:54 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:48 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:47 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:43 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:34 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:32 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:26 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:24 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mineral County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 22 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:46 AM). The shift is sharper than across Montana, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Mineral County now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Mineral County has moved 19 minutes earlier.

How does Mineral County's commute time compare?

Metric Mineral County Montana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 20.5 min 16.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.9% 12.5% 15.0%
Walked 4.7% 3.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Mineral County is 20.5 minutes, longer than the 16.0 minutes in Montana.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Montana. 4.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.9% in Montana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Mineral County, MT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Mineral County, MT is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,955 residents against a local median of 13,782. Mineral County, MT's one-way commute, at 20.5 min, runs 35% above the 15.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.9% against a local median of 13.2%, 25% below it. The counties themselves spread 4.2 min on one-way commute, so Mineral County, MT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mineral County, MT has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Mineral County, MT 4,955 20.5 min #6/6 9.9% #5/6 7:24 AM #3/6
Sanders County, MT 13,282 12.9 min 15.2% 7:16 AM
Clearwater County, ID 9,011 15.2 min 10.1% 7:01 AM
Shoshone County, ID 13,782 13.4 min 8.1% 7:30 AM
Lake County, MT 32,553 17.1 min 13.2% 7:42 AM
Missoula County, MT 120,671 16.1 min 14.6% 7:57 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mineral County, Montana.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Mineral County, Montana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,298 at a typical national wage. That's 28% more than the typical Montana commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Mineral County, Montana?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Mineral County, Montana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Mineral County, Montana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Montana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Montana?

Among counties in Montana, the shortest average commutes are in Treasure County (7.2 min), Rosebud County (8.2 min), Fallon County (8.4 min). The longest are in Broadwater County (30.3 min), Stillwater County (27.8 min), Granite County (23.3 min).