Households in Salamatof have lower incomes than those in 64% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. Poverty touches 14.2% of residents, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%. Jobs and income earn Salamatof C−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Salamatof’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Salamatof is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Salamatof’s grade up ($66,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (34.0%) is left out: Salamatof’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Salamatof could be anywhere from D− to C+.
How long Salamatof spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salamatof workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 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.
Few in Salamatof walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salamatof is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 231 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.7% of Salamatof households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Salamatof’s commuters take a bus or train.
Salamatof places 3,229th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,375 | Diamond Ridge AK | 1,329 | $88K | 3.9% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,485 | Sutton-Alpine AK | 1,598 | $75K | 3.2% | 9.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,586 | Lazy Mountain AK | 1,459 | $102K | 7.4% | 6.2% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Whitingham VT | 1,336 | $71K | 15.5% | 5.4% | 9% | C− |
| 3,228 | Point Clear AL | 1,511 | $46K | 16.1% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,229 | Salamatof AK | 1,149 | $67K | 14.2% | 34.0% | — | C− |
| 3,230 | Odon IN | 1,378 | $49K | 11.4% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| 3,231 | Brooklyn IA | 1,467 | $73K | 21.6% | 12.0% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Salamatof, the top three, the last and three more from Alaska.
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 Salamatof: questions
What is the median household income in Salamatof?
$66,500 (±$17,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salamatof?
14.2%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salamatof?
25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Is Salamatof walkable?
Salamatof is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Salamatof without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salamatof, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salamatof
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.