Photo: Beeblebrox · CC BY-SA 3.0Clam Gulch at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 45 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Alaska has 10%. 5.0% of residents are in poverty, against 10.1% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 45 minutes to work from Clam Gulch
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clam Gulch workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 7% 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 Clam Gulch: questions
What is the median household income in Clam Gulch?
$91,875 (±$36,700) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clam Gulch?
5.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clam Gulch?
45 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Clam Gulch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clam Gulch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clam Gulch
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.