Photo: Andrea Pokrzywinski from Cheqamegon National Forest, USA · CC BY 2.0Where Chefornak earns its living
Working residents average 5 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. The poverty rate is 25.3%, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
From Chefornak, about 5 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chefornak workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 commuters (the 2% 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 Chefornak: questions
What is the median household income in Chefornak?
$51,818 (±$8,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chefornak?
25.3%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chefornak?
5 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Chefornak without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 97% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chefornak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chefornak
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.