Sleetmute at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 4 minutes each way; Alaska averages 19, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 27% of workers, against 10% across Alaska. Poverty touches 31.3% of residents (Alaska 10.1%).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Each way, about 4 minutes from Sleetmute
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sleetmute workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 27% 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 Sleetmute: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sleetmute?
31.3%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sleetmute?
4 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Sleetmute without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 100% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sleetmute, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sleetmute
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.