Photo: Eric A. Hegg · Public domainEarning a living in Anvik
The average commute takes 9 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers (Alaska 10%). 17.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Anvik takes about 9 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anvik workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Alaska: 72% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Anvik: questions
What is the median household income in Anvik?
$80,000 (±$43,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anvik?
17.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anvik?
9 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Anvik without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 57% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anvik, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anvik
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.