Photo: Lpangelrob · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Cantwell
For 19% of workers, the job is at home; Alaska has 10%. Working residents average 33 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. The poverty rate is 10.9%; Alaska has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The trip to work from Cantwell: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cantwell workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 19% 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 Cantwell: questions
What is the median household income in Cantwell?
$43,438 (±$14,042) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cantwell?
10.9%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cantwell?
33 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Cantwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cantwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cantwell
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.