What is the average commute in Badger CDP, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Badger CDP, Alaska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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.

PLACE · AK · GEOID 2050002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Badger, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Badger CDP, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 83.2% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.3%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone83.2%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.4%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 Badger CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 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.

Mean commute21.5 min → 22.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.3%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 83.2%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Badger CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.2%; 0.4% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone83.2% ±5.2 pp

Carpool8.3% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.3% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 9,343 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Badger CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Badger CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,343 workers age 16+, including 8,852 workers with reported travel time and 491 home workers.

Population estimate18,677± 1,615 MOE

Workers age 16+9,343± 761 MOE

Workers with travel time8,852± 771 MOE

Estimated home workers491± 158 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 Badger CDP

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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