Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainHow Gakona works: jobs, income and commuting
For 26% of workers, the job is at home, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. Working residents average 19 minutes each way, about the same as across Alaska. 12.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Alaska has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Commuting from Gakona: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gakona workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 26% 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 Gakona: questions
What is the median household income in Gakona?
$96,250 (±$22,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gakona?
12.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gakona?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Gakona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gakona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gakona
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.