Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Deltana top those of 70% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. 12.8% of residents are in poverty, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole. For jobs and income Deltana is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Deltana’s grade
Household income holds Deltana’s grade up ($91,923, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Deltana’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Deltana could be anywhere from D to B−.
Commuting from Deltana: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deltana workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 703 commuters (the 9% 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.
In Deltana, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 773 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Deltana households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deltana’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deltana is 3,462nd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,263 | Prudhoe Bay AK | 1,664 | — | 6.3% | 1.2% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,630 | North Pole AK | 2,477 | $92K | 4.9% | 4.6% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,764 | Bear Creek AK | 1,732 | $96K | 3.1% | 6.7% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,460 | Newville PA | 1,409 | $59K | 17.0% | 6.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,461 | Central Lake Township MI | 2,276 | $70K | 8.0% | 3.9% | 13% | C |
| 3,462 | Deltana AK | 1,997 | $92K | 12.8% | 5.0% | — | C |
| 3,463 | Cedarville AR | 1,458 | $60K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,464 | Tolar TX | 1,472 | $91K | 17.2% | 6.7% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Deltana, the top three, the last and three more from Alaska.
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 Deltana: questions
What is the median household income in Deltana?
$91,923 (±$18,406) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deltana?
12.8%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deltana?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Is Deltana walkable?
Deltana is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deltana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deltana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deltana
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.