Jobs and earnings in Nelson Lagoon, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 24% of workers; Alaska has 10%. Commuters spend 9 minutes getting to work on average; Alaska averages 19, the U.S. 26. 21.8% of residents are in poverty; Alaska has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Nelson Lagoon takes about 9 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nelson Lagoon workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 24% 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 Nelson Lagoon: questions
What is the median household income in Nelson Lagoon?
$77,917 (±$65,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nelson Lagoon?
21.8%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nelson Lagoon?
9 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Nelson Lagoon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nelson Lagoon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nelson Lagoon
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.