Photo: Danielle Brigida · CC BY 2.0Work and commuting in Kaktovik
25.0% of residents are in poverty; Alaska has 10.1%. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 10% across Alaska. A typical one-way commute lasts 4 minutes, next to 19 for Alaska and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A commute of about 4 minutes in Kaktovik
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaktovik workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 commuters (the 0% 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 Kaktovik: questions
What is the median household income in Kaktovik?
$93,750 (±$33,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaktovik?
25.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaktovik?
4 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Kaktovik without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 72% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaktovik, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaktovik
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.