Sts. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Church · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Nanwalek
25% of workers work from home; Alaska has 10%. The average commute takes 6 minutes each way, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. Below the poverty line: 14.1% of residents, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 6 minutes each way, quicker than most of Alaska
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nanwalek workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 25% 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 Nanwalek: questions
What is the median household income in Nanwalek?
$69,107 (±$29,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nanwalek?
14.1%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nanwalek?
6 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Nanwalek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 68% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nanwalek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nanwalek
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.