Commuting in Park 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 Park County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Park County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Montana average of 16.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.
Park County holds about 1.6% of Montana's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Park County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,775 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)
Park County
17.2 min
34.4 min
143 hrs/yr
$4,438
344
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.
On average, it takes
17.2
minutes to get to work in
Park County.
That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 82% of counties in Montana
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Park County
Car:
76.1%
Worked at Home:
17.0%
Walked:
3.5%
Bicycle:
1.5%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Other:
0.9%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Park County, versus 0.1% in Montana.
Commute Mode Trends in Park County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Park 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
77.3%
6.2%
9.7%
3.9%
1.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.3%
2010
78.5%
6.6%
9.7%
2.2%
2.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
2011
80.5%
8.7%
6.3%
1.6%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
77.9%
9.8%
7.1%
2.2%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
79.1%
9.7%
6.2%
2.2%
1.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
80.6%
10.2%
5.0%
1.8%
1.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
80.8%
10.0%
5.3%
1.6%
1.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
81.3%
9.4%
4.9%
1.3%
2.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
81.1%
8.8%
6.6%
0.9%
1.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
79.0%
10.2%
7.2%
0.8%
1.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
79.8%
10.3%
6.9%
0.9%
1.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
78.5%
12.7%
6.4%
0.3%
0.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
77.4%
14.3%
5.9%
0.6%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
77.2%
15.7%
4.7%
0.8%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
78.4%
15.9%
3.0%
1.2%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
76.1%
17.0%
3.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 81.3%. Overall it fell from 77.3% in 2009 to 76.1% in 2024, down 1.2 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Park County: its share of workers rose from 6.2% in 2009 to 17.0% in 2024, up 10.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 9.7% to 3.5% of workers (down 6.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Park County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Park County?
The bars show when commuters in Park 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
12:00-4:59 AMPark County4.2%Montana4.0%
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPark County2.2%Montana2.7%
2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPark County4.2%Montana4.0%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPark County7.9%Montana6.7%
7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPark County12.1%Montana10.3%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPark County13.3%Montana13.7%
13.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPark County13.2%Montana19.2%
13.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPark County13.4%Montana11.7%
13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPark County5.6%Montana5.7%
5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPark County8.7%Montana6.3%
8.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPark County6.7%Montana3.3%
6.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPark County1.7%Montana1.5%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPark County4.1%Montana5.7%
4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPark County2.7%Montana5.2%
2.7%
Park CountyMontanaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Park County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across Montana. Early starts are about as common as in Montana: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Montana: 52.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 55.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 Park 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 Park 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 Park 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
Park County
Montana
United States
2009
7:48 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:46 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:44 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:48 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:44 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:46 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:45 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:46 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:45 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:39 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Park County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:48 AM). The shift is sharper than across Montana, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Park County now leave 6 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Park County's commute time compare?
Metric
Park County
Montana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.2 min
16.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 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
17.0%
12.5%
15.0%
Walked
3.5%
3.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Park County is 17.2 minutes, longer than the 16.0 minutes in Montana.
1.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Montana. 3.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.9% in Montana.
Park County, MT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Park County, MT is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,710 residents against a local median of 3,720. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Park County, MT an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 12% above the local median at 17.2 min against 15.4 min. Park County, MT has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Park County, Montana.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Park County, Montana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,438 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Montana commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Park County, Montana?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Park 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.
How much time do residents in Park County, Montana save by working from home?
About 17.0% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Park County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,775 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).