Household incomes in Lazy Mountain top those of 78% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). 7.4% of residents are in poverty (Alaska 10.1%). Lazy Mountain grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Lazy Mountain’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lazy Mountain is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lazy Mountain’s grade up ($101,667, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: Lazy Mountain’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lazy Mountain could be anywhere from C to B.
From Lazy Mountain, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lazy Mountain workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 566 commuters (the 11% 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.
In Lazy Mountain, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lazy Mountain is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 639 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). 3.7% of Lazy Mountain households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lazy Mountain’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lazy Mountain is 2,414th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,211 | Prudhoe Bay AK | 1,664 | — | 6.3% | 1.2% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,726 | Bear Creek AK | 1,732 | $96K | 3.1% | 6.7% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,952 | Kodiak Station AK | 1,823 | $84K | 3.2% | 0.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,412 | Washington VT | 1,063 | $66K | 3.2% | 6.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,413 | Dell Prairie WI | 1,731 | $89K | 9.2% | 5.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,414 | Lazy Mountain AK | 1,459 | $102K | 7.4% | 6.2% | — | B− |
| 2,415 | Flat Top Mountain TN | 1,004 | $121K | 15.1% | 0.0% | 0% | B− |
| 2,416 | Tangent OR | 1,245 | $99K | 20.4% | 14.9% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Lazy Mountain, 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 Lazy Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Lazy Mountain?
$101,667 (±$13,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lazy Mountain?
7.4%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lazy Mountain?
29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Is Lazy Mountain walkable?
Lazy Mountain is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lazy Mountain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lazy Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lazy Mountain
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.