Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Making a living in Whittier
The poverty rate is 20.4%, next to 10.1% for Alaska as a whole. Commuters spend 8 minutes getting to work on average, where Alaska has 19 and the U.S. 26. 7% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across Alaska.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Time on the road from Whittier: about 8 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whittier workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 7% 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 Whittier: questions
What is the median household income in Whittier?
$62,500 (±$29,179) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whittier?
20.4%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whittier?
8 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Whittier without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whittier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whittier
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.