Photo: Dr. John Cloud, NOAA Central Library · Public domainJobs and earnings in Unalakleet, and the trip to work
Working residents average 5 minutes each way (Alaska 19, U.S. 26). 6% of workers have no commute at all; Alaska has 10%. The poverty rate is 8.9%; Alaska has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 5 minutes to work from Unalakleet
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Unalakleet workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 190 commuters (the 6% 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 Unalakleet: questions
What is the median household income in Unalakleet?
$87,292 (±$29,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Unalakleet?
8.9%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Unalakleet?
5 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Unalakleet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 39% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Unalakleet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unalakleet
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.