Goldstream has higher household incomes than 80% of U.S. towns
19% of workers work from home, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. Below the poverty line: 4.7% of residents, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%. For jobs and income Goldstream is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Goldstream: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Goldstream’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goldstream could be anywhere from C− to A.
From Goldstream, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goldstream workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,534 commuters (the 19% 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.
Most trips from Goldstream start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Goldstream is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #41 of 41 in Alaska. Both inputs place Goldstream 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 1,892 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). 1.2% of Goldstream households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goldstream’s commuters take a bus or train.
Goldstream next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 1,595th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,593 | Gilmanton NH | 4,060 | $117K | 4.0% | 5.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,594 | Potter Township PA | 3,637 | $75K | 5.1% | 2.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,595 | Goldstream AK | 3,294 | $104K | 4.7% | 3.7% | — | B |
| 1,596 | Baden PA | 3,831 | $63K | 8.4% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,597 | Enfield NY | 3,230 | $95K | 14.3% | 0.5% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,605 | Mill Bay AK | 3,654 | $89K | 9.0% | 0.0% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,665 | North Pole AK | 2,477 | $92K | 4.9% | 4.6% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,997 | Butte AK | 4,085 | $101K | 6.7% | 3.6% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Goldstream, 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 Goldstream: questions
What is the median household income in Goldstream?
$103,589 (±$22,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goldstream?
4.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goldstream?
27 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Is Goldstream walkable?
Goldstream is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goldstream without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goldstream, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goldstream
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.