Photo: Malcolm Manners · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Gateway are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
4.5% of residents are in poverty; Alaska has 10.1%. Jobs and income earn Gateway B+; getting around on foot earns it C. The average commute takes 34 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gateway’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gateway is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #3 of 41 in Alaska. Household income holds Gateway’s grade up ($137,772, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gateway could be anywhere from B− to A.
The trip to work from Gateway: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gateway workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,720 commuters (the 15% 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.
Driving is how Gateway gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gateway is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #29 of 41 in Alaska. Both inputs place Gateway 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 3,209 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). 0.5% of Gateway households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Gateway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200, Gateway ranks 1,101st of 3,168 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 582 | Steele Creek AK | 5,928 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.5% | — | A |
| … | |||||||
| 829 | Farmers Loop AK | 4,954 | $110K | 1.8% | 2.8% | — | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,099 | Johnstown NY | 6,563 | $97K | 8.9% | 1.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,100 | Abingdon MD | 5,019 | $137K | 10.5% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,101 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| 1,102 | Haledon NJ | 9,125 | $96K | 8.5% | 6.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,103 | Breese Township IL | 5,521 | $87K | 3.6% | 4.1% | 24% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,535 | Chena Ridge AK | 5,881 | $134K | 2.8% | 7.3% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gateway, the top three, the last and three more from Alaska.
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 Gateway: questions
What is the median household income in Gateway?
$137,772 (±$19,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gateway?
4.5%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gateway?
34 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Is Gateway walkable?
Gateway is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gateway without a car?
<1% 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 Gateway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gateway
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.