Work, pay and getting to work in Tanacross
Commuters spend 15 minutes getting to work on average, next to 19 for Alaska and 26 for the U.S. 0% of workers work from home, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. Below the poverty line: 40.6% of residents; Alaska has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily trip from Tanacross: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tanacross workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% 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 Tanacross: questions
What is the median household income in Tanacross?
$53,125 (±$36,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tanacross?
40.6%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tanacross?
15 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Tanacross without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 44% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tanacross, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tanacross
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.