Households in Susitna North earn less than those in 81% of U.S. towns
At home: 38% of workers have no commute at all (Alaska 10%). Poverty touches 15.7% of residents (Alaska 10.1%). Jobs and income earn Susitna North D; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Susitna North’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Susitna North is better than 6% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Susitna North’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.3%) is left out: Susitna North’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Susitna North could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The trip to work from Susitna North: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Susitna North workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 38% 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.
Driving is how Susitna North gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Susitna North is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 538 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). 4.0% of Susitna North households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Susitna North’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Susitna North is 5,136th among 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,166 | Prudhoe Bay AK | 1,664 | — | 6.3% | 1.2% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,652 | Bear Creek AK | 1,732 | $96K | 3.1% | 6.7% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,871 | Kodiak Station AK | 1,823 | $84K | 3.2% | 0.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,134 | Sprigg Township OH | 1,767 | $58K | 18.0% | 13.5% | <1% | D |
| 5,135 | Summit Township PA | 2,099 | $55K | 17.8% | 1.9% | 11% | D |
| 5,136 | Susitna North AK | 1,566 | $55K | 15.7% | 11.3% | — | D |
| 5,137 | Fincastle TN | 1,374 | $52K | 18.6% | 4.5% | 1% | D |
| 5,138 | Basin City WA | 1,176 | $60K | 20.0% | 25.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Susitna North, 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 Susitna North: questions
What is the median household income in Susitna North?
$55,357 (±$36,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Susitna North?
15.7%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Susitna North?
35 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Is Susitna North walkable?
Susitna North is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Susitna North without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Susitna North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Susitna North
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.