Funny River’s household incomes are lower than in 62% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 11% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D−: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 40 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Funny River’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Funny River is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Funny River’s grade up ($67,656, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Funny River’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, Funny River could be anywhere from D− to C+.
About 40 minutes each way, longer than most of Alaska
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Funny River workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Alaska: 72% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Funny River start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Funny River is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Funny River near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 300 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). 6.6% of Funny River households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Funny River’s commuters take a bus or train.
Funny River is 3,046th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Funny River, the top three, the last and three more from Alaska.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,182 | Diamond Ridge AK | 1,329 | $88K | 3.9% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,367 | Lazy Mountain AK | 1,459 | $102K | 7.4% | 6.2% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,390 | Skagway AK | 1,174 | $89K | 6.2% | 9.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,044 | Bridgeport NE | 1,421 | $60K | 15.5% | 9.3% | 29% | D |
| 3,045 | Middleburgh NY | 1,153 | $47K | 11.6% | 3.5% | 12% | D |
| 3,046 | Funny River AK | 1,081 | $68K | 16.7% | 0.0% | — | D |
| 3,047 | Breckinridge Center KY | 1,467 | $64K | 51.8% | 3.7% | 4% | D |
| 3,048 | Ray City GA | 1,132 | $56K | 18.6% | 4.8% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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.
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 Funny River: questions
What is the median household income in Funny River?
$67,656 (±$36,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Funny River?
16.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Funny River?
40 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Is Funny River walkable?
Funny River is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Funny River without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Funny River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Funny River
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.