Independence Mines · Photo: Switchbladesista · CC BY-SA 3.0Fishhook’s household incomes are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Fishhook is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Below the poverty line: 9.2% of residents, next to 10.1% across Alaska. The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Fishhook
Household income holds Fishhook’s grade up ($111,375, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fishhook could be anywhere from C to B+.
Fishhook’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fishhook workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,459 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.
Most trips from Fishhook start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,590 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). 2.6% of Fishhook households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Fishhook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900, Fishhook comes 2,025th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 565 | Steele Creek AK | 5,928 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.5% | — | A |
| … | |||||||
| 832 | Farmers Loop AK | 4,954 | $110K | 1.8% | 2.8% | — | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,114 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Henrietta Township MI | 4,729 | $81K | 6.3% | 10.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,024 | Stowe VT | 5,325 | $94K | 9.9% | 4.6% | 49% | B− |
| 2,025 | Fishhook AK | 5,819 | $111K | 9.2% | 4.5% | — | B− |
| 2,026 | Tice FL | 4,758 | $54K | 19.4% | 2.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,027 | Buena NJ | 4,529 | $80K | 8.7% | 11.4% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Fishhook, 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 Fishhook: questions
What is the median household income in Fishhook?
$111,375 (±$13,457) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fishhook?
9.2%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fishhook?
35 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Is Fishhook walkable?
Fishhook is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fishhook without a car?
<1% 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 Fishhook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fishhook
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.