What is the average commute in Wasilla city, Alaska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Wasilla city, Alaska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 2830802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wasilla, Alaska

Name: Commute estimates for Wasilla city, Alaska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 72.8% drove alone, and 14.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone72.8%±6.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.0%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 Wasilla city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.5 min → 29.8 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 8.3%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 72.8%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wasilla city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.8%; 1.0% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone72.8% ±6.4 pp

Carpool7.6% ±3.3 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.1 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home8.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 3,900 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wasilla city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wasilla city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,900 workers age 16+, including 3,577 workers with reported travel time and 323 home workers.

Population estimate9,720± 38 MOE

Workers age 16+3,900± 393 MOE

Workers with travel time3,577± 379 MOE

Estimated home workers323± 131 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 Wasilla city

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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