Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and earnings in Nunapitchuk, and the trip to work
The average commute takes 7 minutes each way, next to 19 for Alaska and 26 for the U.S. 2% of workers work from home (Alaska 10%). 32.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.1% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A commute of about 7 minutes in Nunapitchuk
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nunapitchuk workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 1% 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 Nunapitchuk: questions
What is the median household income in Nunapitchuk?
$43,438 (±$12,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nunapitchuk?
32.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nunapitchuk?
7 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Nunapitchuk without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 92% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nunapitchuk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nunapitchuk
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.