What is the average commute in Sitka city and borough, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sitka city and borough, Alaska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 2705402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sitka city and, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Sitka city and borough, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.0 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 60.7% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.0 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home7.5%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone60.7%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.6%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 Sitka city and borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 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 commute11.0 min → 13.0 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 7.5%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.0% → 60.7%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sitka city and borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

Drive alone60.7% ±4.0 pp

Carpool10.8% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk16.1% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle2.7% ±1.5 pp

Work from home7.5% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,555 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sitka city and borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

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

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sitka city and borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,555 workers age 16+, including 4,215 workers with reported travel time and 340 home workers.

Population estimate8,368± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,555± 189 MOE

Workers with travel time4,215± 215 MOE

Estimated home workers340± 124 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 Sitka city and borough

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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