Eagle Historic District · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainMaking a living in Eagle
13.7% of residents are in poverty; Alaska has 10.1%. Home is the office for 17% of workers; Alaska has 10%. A typical one-way commute lasts 7 minutes, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A commute of about 7 minutes in Eagle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 commuters (the 17% 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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle?
$41,750 (±$17,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle?
13.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle?
7 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Eagle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.