How Upper Kalskag works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 8 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 12% of workers; Alaska has 10%. Poverty touches 26.4% of residents, against 10.1% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 8 minutes each way, quicker than most of Alaska
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Kalskag workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 12% 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 Upper Kalskag: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Kalskag?
$47,917 (±$8,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Kalskag?
26.4%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Kalskag?
8 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Upper Kalskag without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 58% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Kalskag, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Kalskag
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.