Photo: Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA · CC BY 2.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Talkeetna
The trip to work takes 40 minutes on average, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers; Alaska has 10%. 16.0% of residents are in poverty, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A commute of about 40 minutes in Talkeetna
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Talkeetna workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 335 commuters (the 31% 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 Talkeetna: questions
What is the median household income in Talkeetna?
$69,167 (±$25,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Talkeetna?
16.0%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Talkeetna?
40 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Talkeetna 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 Talkeetna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Talkeetna
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.