St. Nicholas Chapel · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainMaking a living in Sand Point
The average commute takes 6 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Alaska 10%). Below the poverty line: 14.9% of residents, against 10.1% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
From Sand Point, about 6 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sand Point workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 481 commuters (the 4% 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 Sand Point: questions
What is the median household income in Sand Point?
$81,563 (±$15,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sand Point?
14.9%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sand Point?
6 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Sand Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sand Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sand Point
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.