Photo: National Park Service · Public domainMaking a living in Nuiqsut
Below the poverty line: 21.1% of residents (Alaska 10.1%). The trip to work takes 8 minutes on average (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 8 minutes each way, quicker than most of Alaska
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nuiqsut workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 8% 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 Nuiqsut: questions
What is the median household income in Nuiqsut?
$78,438 (±$24,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nuiqsut?
21.1%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nuiqsut?
8 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Nuiqsut without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nuiqsut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nuiqsut
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.