What is the average commute in Meadow Lakes CDP, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 2477352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Meadow Lakes, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Meadow Lakes CDP, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.7 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 68.0% drove alone, and 22.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.7 min±7.5 min MOE

Worked from home12.5%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone68.0%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip22.2%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 Meadow Lakes CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute41.6 min → 38.7 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 12.5%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 68.0%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Meadow Lakes CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.0% ±5.4 pp

Carpool12.1% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home12.5% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,339 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Meadow Lakes 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.

54^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% 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.

96^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Meadow Lakes CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,339 workers age 16+, including 2,923 workers with reported travel time and 416 home workers.

Population estimate8,689± 762 MOE

Workers age 16+3,339± 304 MOE

Workers with travel time2,923± 300 MOE

Estimated home workers416± 101 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 Meadow Lakes 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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