Photo: Beeblebrox · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Diamond Ridge top those of 65% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Diamond Ridge are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 3.9% of residents, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole. 18% of workers work from home, against 10% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Diamond Ridge: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Diamond Ridge is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Diamond Ridge’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Diamond Ridge’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Diamond Ridge could be anywhere from C to B.
From Diamond Ridge, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diamond Ridge workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 18% 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.
Most of Diamond Ridge commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Diamond Ridge is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 575 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). 5.8% of Diamond Ridge households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Diamond Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,765th of 5,400: where Diamond Ridge ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Prudhoe Bay AK | 1,664 | — | 6.3% | 1.2% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,457 | Bear Creek AK | 1,732 | $96K | 3.1% | 6.7% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,763 | West Traverse Township MI | 1,740 | $94K | 6.8% | 4.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,764 | Portland WI | 1,094 | $81K | 11.5% | 4.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,765 | Diamond Ridge AK | 1,329 | $88K | 3.9% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| 1,766 | Sims Township IN | 1,668 | $75K | 7.0% | 1.9% | 2% | B− |
| 1,767 | Victor Township MN | 1,064 | $88K | 8.9% | 0.4% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,910 | Sutton-Alpine AK | 1,598 | $75K | 3.2% | 9.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Diamond Ridge, 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 Diamond Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Diamond Ridge?
$87,500 (±$17,394) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diamond Ridge?
3.9%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diamond Ridge?
23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Is Diamond Ridge walkable?
Diamond Ridge is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diamond Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diamond Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diamond Ridge
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.