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Jobs & commute in Port Alexander

Earning a living in Port Alexander

Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Alaska 10%).

Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Time on the road

Working from home in Port Alexander

Working from home
0%

of Port Alexander workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Port Alexander gets to work
33%Walk
67%Other

Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Port Alexander: questions

What is the median household income in Port Alexander?

$57,813 (±$36,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Port Alexander?

6.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Can you get around Port Alexander without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 79% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Port Alexander, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Port Alexander

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Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.