Photo: Lesscrafted · CC BY-SA 2.0Trapper Creek at work: jobs, income and the commute
The poverty rate is 7.9%, where Alaska as a whole has 10.1%. For 28% of workers, the job is at home (Alaska 10%). Commuters spend 64 minutes getting to work on average, 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 trip to work from Trapper Creek: about 64 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trapper Creek workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 28% 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 Trapper Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Trapper Creek?
$73,207 (±$11,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trapper Creek?
7.9%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trapper Creek?
64 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Trapper Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trapper Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trapper Creek
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.