Photo: Wheeler, Polly · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Kaltag, AK
The average commute takes 6 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 10% for Alaska as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How long Kaltag spends getting to work: about 6 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaltag workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 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 Kaltag: questions
What is the median household income in Kaltag?
$68,125 (±$47,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaltag?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaltag?
6 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Kaltag without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 79% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaltag, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaltag
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.