Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in St. George
The trip to work takes 10 minutes on average, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. For 17% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for Alaska as a whole. Poverty touches 70.0% of residents, against 10.1% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Time on the road from St. George: about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. George workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 17% 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 St. George: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. George?
70.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. George?
10 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Can you get around St. George without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 57% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. George, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. George
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.