Sullivan Roadhouse · Photo: Ovmalyk · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Delta Junction
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Alaska 10%). The average commute takes 16 minutes each way, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. Poverty touches 8.2% of residents (Alaska 10.1%).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A commute of about 16 minutes in Delta Junction
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delta Junction workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 568 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 Delta Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Delta Junction?
$84,271 (±$12,844) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delta Junction?
8.2%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delta Junction?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Delta Junction without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delta Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delta Junction
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.