Earning a living in Buffalo Soapstone
Poverty touches 13.1% of residents, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%. At home: 21% of workers have no commute at all (Alaska 10%). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 24 minutes each way for Buffalo Soapstone’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buffalo Soapstone workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 commuters (the 21% 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 Buffalo Soapstone: questions
What is the median household income in Buffalo Soapstone?
$68,750 (±$23,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buffalo Soapstone?
13.1%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buffalo Soapstone?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Buffalo Soapstone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buffalo Soapstone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buffalo Soapstone
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.