Photo: Chief Petty Officer Brandon Raile · Public domainHow Eareckson Station works: jobs, income and commuting
Working residents average 6 minutes each way, next to 19 for Alaska and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Alaska 10%). 4.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 6 minutes each way for Eareckson Station’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eareckson Station workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 commuters (the 5% 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 Eareckson Station: questions
What is the poverty rate in Eareckson Station?
4.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eareckson Station?
6 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eareckson Station, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eareckson Station
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.