What is the average commute in Nome Census Area, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 6.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Nome Census Area, Alaska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · AK · GEOID 21802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nome Census Area, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Nome Census Area, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 6.3 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 29.7% drove alone, and 0.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip6.3 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone29.7%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Nome Census Area's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute6.0 min → 6.3 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 4.5%▼ 2.0 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone24.1% → 29.7%▲ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nome Census Area residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 29.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone29.7% ±2.9 pp

Carpool10.5% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk33.2% ±2.4 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±0.8 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 3,496 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nome Census Area compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 0th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

0^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

0^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nome Census Area's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,496 workers age 16+, including 3,338 workers with reported travel time and 158 home workers.

Population estimate9,866± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,496± 142 MOE

Workers with travel time3,338± 145 MOE

Estimated home workers158± 49 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Alaska commute records for Nome Census Area

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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