Jobs and the daily commute in Pleasant Valley
17% of workers have no commute at all (Alaska 10%). Commuters spend 46 minutes getting to work on average; the Alaska average is 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 46 minutes each way for Pleasant Valley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Valley workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 408 commuters (the 17% 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 Pleasant Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Valley?
$218,389 (±$65,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Valley?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Valley?
46 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Pleasant Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Valley
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.