Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · AK · GEOID 21852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Slope Borough, Alaska
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.0 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 24.8% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip13.0 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone24.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 North Slope Borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How North Slope Borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 24.8%; 1.2% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,704 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Slope Borough compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Slope Borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,704 workers age 16+, including 5,386 workers with reported travel time and 318 home workers.
Population estimate10,810± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,704± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time5,386± 305 MOE
Estimated home workers318± 151 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
All Alaska reports →Comparable Alaska commute records for North Slope Borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.