Knik Site · Photo: Cherime MacFarlane · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Knik-Fairview are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Knik-Fairview C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Poverty touches 9.2% of residents, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole. A typical one-way commute lasts 38 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
Why Knik-Fairview gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Knik-Fairview is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #20 of 41 in Alaska. Household income holds Knik-Fairview’s grade up ($96,437, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Knik-Fairview could be anywhere from C to B.
Time on the road from Knik-Fairview: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knik-Fairview workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,805 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.
Most trips from Knik-Fairview start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Knik-Fairview is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #31 of 41 in Alaska. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,665 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). 1.5% of Knik-Fairview households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Knik-Fairview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000, Knik-Fairview comes 1,300th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,234 | Badger AK | 18,677 | $97K | 4.2% | 7.1% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,298 | East Moline IL | 20,453 | $62K | 19.8% | 3.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,299 | Dickson TN | 17,051 | $70K | 12.8% | 4.8% | 26% | C+ |
| 1,300 | Knik-Fairview AK | 19,972 | $96K | 9.2% | 4.3% | — | C+ |
| 1,301 | South Rock Island Township IL | 18,056 | $70K | 12.4% | 6.0% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,302 | Traverse City MI | 15,832 | $74K | 12.3% | 5.2% | 45% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Knik-Fairview, 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 Knik-Fairview: questions
What is the median household income in Knik-Fairview?
$96,437 (±$9,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knik-Fairview?
9.2%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knik-Fairview?
38 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Is Knik-Fairview walkable?
Knik-Fairview is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knik-Fairview without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knik-Fairview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knik-Fairview
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.