Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Thorne Bay
4.2% of residents are in poverty, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%. Home is the office for 1% of workers (Alaska 10%). The average commute, 20 minutes each way, matches the Alaska norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 20 minutes each way, about the AK average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thorne Bay workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 commuters (the 1% 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 Thorne Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Thorne Bay?
$61,250 (±$16,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thorne Bay?
4.2%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thorne Bay?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Thorne Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thorne Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thorne Bay
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.