What is the average commute in Knik-Fairview CDP, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Knik-Fairview CDP, Alaska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 2406452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Knik-Fairview, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Knik-Fairview CDP, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.2 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 25.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.2 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home9.9%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone70.7%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip25.8%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 Knik-Fairview CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute39.3 min → 38.2 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 9.9%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 70.7%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Knik-Fairview CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 0.7% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone70.7% ±2.0 pp

Carpool11.4% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.7% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.9% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 8,665 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Knik-Fairview CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Knik-Fairview CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,665 workers age 16+, including 7,805 workers with reported travel time and 860 home workers.

Population estimate19,972± 1,066 MOE

Workers age 16+8,665± 626 MOE

Workers with travel time7,805± 599 MOE

Estimated home workers860± 206 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 Knik-Fairview 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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