Photo: LCGS Russ · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Kiana
A typical one-way commute lasts 4 minutes (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). The poverty rate is 17.4%, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 4 minutes each way for Kiana’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kiana workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 10% 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 Kiana: questions
What is the median household income in Kiana?
$68,333 (±$15,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kiana?
17.4%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kiana?
4 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Kiana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 67% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kiana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kiana
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.