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Commute Time Burden in Toole County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Toole County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 90 hours, about 3.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% less time on the road than the Montana average of 16.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.

Toole County holds about 0.5% of Montana's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Toole County would save about 36 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,120 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)
Toole County 10.8 min 21.7 min 90 hrs/yr $2,800 114
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

Toole County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 10.8 minutes to get to work in Toole County. That's 52% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster 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 10.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Toole County

  • Car: 77.8%
  • Worked at Home: 10.6%
  • Walked: 9.4%
  • Public Transportation: 1.2%
  • Other: 0.9%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Biking is essentially absent in Toole County, versus 1.0% in Montana.

Commute Mode Trends in Toole County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Toole 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 Public Transportation Other Motorcycle Taxi Bicycle
2009 77.5% 6.2% 13.5% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2010 76.8% 7.3% 13.8% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 82.2% 6.2% 9.8% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 82.4% 6.3% 9.8% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 81.6% 6.8% 10.8% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 76.3% 8.7% 14.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2015 77.9% 7.1% 14.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2016 75.7% 7.1% 16.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 76.2% 6.6% 16.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 73.1% 8.5% 18.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 81.7% 6.4% 11.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 81.1% 10.3% 7.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 82.9% 11.6% 4.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 80.5% 11.2% 6.2% 1.2% 0.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 79.6% 9.7% 8.1% 1.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 77.8% 10.6% 9.4% 1.2% 0.9% 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 2021 at 82.9% and lowest in 2018 at 73.1%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 77.5% in 2009 and 77.8% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Toole County: its share of workers rose from 6.2% in 2009 to 10.6% in 2024, up 4.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 13.5% to 9.4% of workers (down 4.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 11.6% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 10.6%.

Commute Start Times in Toole County

  • Night OwlThe latest start among Montana's 56 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:58 AM.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Montana's 56 counties: the typical start is 16 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Toole County?

The bars show when commuters in Toole 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
1.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
3.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
21.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
6.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
6.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Toole County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 21.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across Montana. Early starts are about as common as in Montana: 10.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Montana's: 54.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 55.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.4%) 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 Toole 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 Toole 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 Toole 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 Toole County Montana United States
2009 7:42 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:41 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:42 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:35 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:45 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:35 AM 7:45 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:34 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:34 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:40 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:36 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:37 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:45 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2021 8:00 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:52 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:52 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:58 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Toole County were on the road by 7:58 AM, 16 minutes later than in 2009 (7:42 AM). That goes against the trend across Montana, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Toole County now leave 20 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Toole County has moved 21 minutes later.

How does Toole County's commute time compare?

Metric Toole County Montana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 10.8 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 10.6% 12.5% 15.0%
Walked 9.4% 3.9% 2.4%
Public Transit 1.2% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Toole County is 10.8 minutes, shorter than the 16.0 minutes in Montana.

1.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Montana. 9.4% commute by walking, higher than the 3.9% in Montana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Toole County, MT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Toole County, MT is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,058 residents against a local median of 6,353. Toole County, MT's one-way commute, at 10.8 min, runs 18% below the 13.1 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 10.6% against a local median of 12.5%, 15% below it. The counties themselves spread 4.1 min on one-way commute, so Toole County, MT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Toole County, MT has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Toole County, MT 5,058 10.8 min #1/6 10.6% #4/6 7:58 AM #6/6
Liberty County, MT 1,951 13.1 min 26.5% 7:32 AM
Pondera County, MT 6,035 12.0 min 9.6% 7:40 AM
Teton County, MT 6,353 16.2 min 15.1% 7:43 AM
Glacier County, MT 13,635 12.3 min 12.5% 7:49 AM
Cascade County, MT 84,603 13.9 min 7.4% 7:35 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Toole County, Montana.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Toole County, Montana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 90 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,800 at a typical national wage. That's 32% less than the typical Montana commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Toole County, Montana?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Toole 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).