Photo: Alaska DOT&PF · CC BY 2.0Where Galena earns its living
A typical one-way commute lasts 12 minutes; Alaska averages 19, the U.S. 26. 8% of workers have no commute at all; Alaska has 10%. Below the poverty line: 10.3% of residents, against 10.1% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Commuting from Galena: about 12 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galena workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 commuters (the 8% 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 Galena: questions
What is the median household income in Galena?
$87,875 (±$46,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galena?
10.3%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galena?
12 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Galena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galena
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.