Work, pay and getting to work in Tyonek
For 15% of workers, the job is at home, where Alaska as a whole has 10%. Working residents average 9 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). The poverty rate is 16.8% (Alaska 10.1%).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The trip to work from Tyonek: about 9 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyonek workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 commuters (the 15% 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 Tyonek: questions
What is the median household income in Tyonek?
$65,750 (±$21,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyonek?
16.8%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyonek?
9 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Tyonek without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tyonek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyonek
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.