Andrew Berg Cabin · Photo: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish & Wildlife Service · Public domainJobs and earnings in Fox River, and the trip to work
Working residents average 35 minutes each way; Alaska averages 19, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 23% of workers (Alaska 10%). 27.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Commuting from Fox River: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fox River workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 23% 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 Fox River: questions
What is the median household income in Fox River?
$79,583 (±$14,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fox River?
27.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fox River?
35 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Fox River without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fox River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fox River
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.