Photo: Walter Holt Rose · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Gambell
6% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across Alaska. Working residents average 3 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 30.7% 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
From Gambell, about 3 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gambell workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 6% 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 Gambell: questions
What is the median household income in Gambell?
$52,500 (±$9,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gambell?
30.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gambell?
3 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Gambell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 95% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gambell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gambell
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.