What is the average commute in Chena Ridge CDP, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 8.6 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 2129202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chena Ridge, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Chena Ridge CDP, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±6.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.5%±8.6 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.6%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 Chena Ridge CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.2 min → 20.9 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 10.5%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.1% → 78.8%▲ 16.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chena Ridge CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±6.1 pp

Carpool9.1% ±6.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±1.5 pp

Work from home10.5% ±8.6 pp

Each share uses 2,706 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chena Ridge CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chena Ridge CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,706 workers age 16+, including 2,422 workers with reported travel time and 284 home workers.

Population estimate5,881± 808 MOE

Workers age 16+2,706± 523 MOE

Workers with travel time2,422± 505 MOE

Estimated home workers284± 239 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 Chena Ridge 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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