Tanaina has higher household incomes than 81% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Tanaina is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Poverty touches 8.6% of residents (Alaska 10.1%). A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes, next to 19 for Alaska and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Tanaina’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Tanaina’s grade up ($105,536, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tanaina could be anywhere from C to B+.
About 38 minutes to work from Tanaina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tanaina workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,321 commuters (the 7% 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.
Getting around Tanaina: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,667 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). 0.4% of Tanaina households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Tanaina’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Tanaina is 1,715th of 2,751 U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,042 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,492 | College AK | 11,924 | $84K | 6.5% | 4.4% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,713 | Grove City PA | 7,694 | $57K | 10.8% | 2.9% | 20% | B− |
| 1,714 | Seminole TX | 7,730 | $60K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 36% | B− |
| 1,715 | Tanaina AK | 9,646 | $106K | 8.6% | 4.9% | — | B− |
| 1,716 | Cottonwood CA | 7,408 | $96K | 8.7% | 5.9% | 7% | B− |
| 1,717 | Napili-Honokowai HI | 7,308 | $106K | 8.1% | 6.3% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,725 | Ketchikan AK | 7,939 | $85K | 11.2% | 4.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,751 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Tanaina, 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 Tanaina: questions
What is the median household income in Tanaina?
$105,536 (±$11,246) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tanaina?
8.6%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tanaina?
38 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Is Tanaina walkable?
Tanaina is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tanaina without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tanaina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tanaina
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.