Port Graham at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 8 minutes each way, next to 19 for Alaska and 26 for the U.S. For 13% of workers, the job is at home, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. The poverty rate is 32.5%, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The trip to work from Port Graham: about 8 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Graham workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 commuters (the 13% 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 Graham: questions
What is the median household income in Port Graham?
$58,125 (±$51,073) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Graham?
32.5%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Graham?
8 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Port Graham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 56% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Graham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Graham
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.