Where Tetlin earns its living
Poverty touches 12.8% of residents (Alaska 10.1%). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Alaska 10%). The average commute takes 18 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
From Tetlin, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tetlin workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 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 Tetlin: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tetlin?
12.8%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tetlin?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Tetlin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 54% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tetlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tetlin
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.