Photo: National Park Service · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Shungnak
A typical one-way commute lasts 5 minutes (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). 25% of workers have no commute at all; Alaska has 10%. Below the poverty line: 24.5% of residents, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Time on the road from Shungnak: about 5 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shungnak workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 25% 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 Shungnak: questions
What is the median household income in Shungnak?
$78,750 (±$40,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shungnak?
24.5%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shungnak?
5 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Shungnak without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 86% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shungnak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shungnak
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.