Dr. Elmer Bly House · Photo: John Branson, Historian for Lake Clark NPP · Public domainPort Alsworth at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 13 minutes; Alaska averages 19, the U.S. 26. 2% of workers work from home, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. 1.5% of residents are in poverty (Alaska 10.1%).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How long Port Alsworth spends getting to work: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Alsworth workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 3% 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 Port Alsworth: questions
What is the median household income in Port Alsworth?
$67,750 (±$23,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Alsworth?
1.5%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Alsworth?
13 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Port Alsworth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 72% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Alsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Alsworth
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.