Longest commutes in Alaska
Alaska counties and cities ranked by mean commute time.
This page ranks the counties and cities of Alaska by mean commute time — which have the longest average commute to work, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Among counties, Matanuska-Susitna Borough leads at 35.0 min.
Among cities & places, Trapper Creek leads at 75.0 min.
Counties
| # | Name | Mean commute | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 35.0 min | |
| 2 | Copper River Census Area | 25.0 min | |
| 3 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 20.0 min | |
| 4 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 20.0 min | |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality | 19.0 min | |
| 6 | Juneau City and Borough | 16.0 min | |
| 7 | Denali Borough | 15.0 min | |
| 8 | Haines Borough | 15.0 min | |
| 9 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 15.0 min | |
| 10 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 14.0 min | |
| 11 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 14.0 min | |
| 12 | North Slope Borough | 14.0 min | |
| 13 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 12.0 min | |
| 14 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 12.0 min | |
| 15 | Sitka City and Borough | 12.0 min | |
| 16 | Kodiak Island Borough | 11.0 min | |
| 17 | Bristol Bay Borough | 10.0 min | |
| 18 | Chugach Census Area | 10.0 min | |
| 19 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 10.0 min | |
| 20 | Dillingham Census Area | 9.0 min | |
| 21 | Aleutians West Census Area | 7.0 min | |
| 22 | Bethel Census Area | 7.0 min | |
| 23 | Petersburg Borough | 7.0 min | |
| 24 | Wrangell City and Borough | 7.0 min | |
| 25 | Kusilvak Census Area | 6.0 min | |
| 26 | Nome Census Area | 6.0 min | |
| 27 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 6.0 min | |
| 28 | Yakutat City and Borough | 6.0 min | |
| 29 | Aleutians East Borough | 5.0 min | |
| 30 | Skagway Municipality | 5.0 min |
Cities & places
Top 100.| # | Name | Mean commute | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trapper Creek | 75.0 min | |
| 2 | Willow | 60.0 min | |
| 3 | Houston | 54.0 min | |
| 4 | Pleasant Valley | 44.0 min | |
| 5 | Egegik | 42.0 min | |
| 6 | Silver Springs | 42.0 min | |
| 7 | Big Lake | 40.0 min | |
| 8 | Knik-Fairview | 40.0 min | |
| 9 | Salamatof | 40.0 min | |
| 10 | Clam Gulch | 39.0 min | |
| 11 | Funny River | 39.0 min | |
| 12 | Sutton-Alpine | 39.0 min | |
| 13 | Fishhook | 38.0 min | |
| 14 | Meadow Lakes | 38.0 min | |
| 15 | Knik River | 36.0 min | |
| 16 | Fox River | 35.0 min | |
| 17 | Gateway | 35.0 min | |
| 18 | Point MacKenzie | 35.0 min | |
| 19 | Salcha | 35.0 min | |
| 20 | Butte | 34.0 min | |
| 21 | Farmers Loop | 34.0 min | |
| 22 | Tanaina | 34.0 min | |
| 23 | Nikolaevsk | 33.0 min | |
| 24 | Cohoe | 32.0 min | |
| 25 | Goldstream | 32.0 min | |
| 26 | Talkeetna | 32.0 min | |
| 27 | Lazy Mountain | 31.0 min | |
| 28 | Susitna North | 31.0 min | |
| 29 | Farm Loop | 30.0 min | |
| 30 | Nikiski | 30.0 min | |
| 31 | North Lakes | 30.0 min | |
| 32 | South Lakes | 30.0 min | |
| 33 | Wasilla | 30.0 min | |
| 34 | Buffalo Soapstone | 29.0 min | |
| 35 | Sterling | 29.0 min | |
| 36 | Moose Creek | 27.0 min | |
| 37 | Ninilchik | 26.0 min | |
| 38 | Palmer | 26.0 min | |
| 39 | Glacier View | 25.0 min | |
| 40 | Happy Valley | 25.0 min | |
| 41 | Steele Creek | 25.0 min | |
| 42 | Ester | 24.0 min | |
| 43 | North Pole | 24.0 min | |
| 44 | Anchor Point | 23.0 min | |
| 45 | Healy | 23.0 min | |
| 46 | Kalifornsky | 23.0 min | |
| 47 | Kasilof | 23.0 min | |
| 48 | Perryville | 23.0 min | |
| 49 | Prudhoe Bay | 23.0 min | |
| 50 | Badger | 22.0 min | |
| 51 | Cantwell | 22.0 min | |
| 52 | Chena Ridge | 22.0 min | |
| 53 | Deltana | 22.0 min | |
| 54 | Womens Bay | 22.0 min | |
| 55 | Angoon | 20.0 min | |
| 56 | Coffman Cove | 20.0 min | |
| 57 | Fritz Creek | 20.0 min | |
| 58 | Gakona | 20.0 min | |
| 59 | Glennallen | 20.0 min | |
| 60 | Gustavus | 20.0 min | |
| 61 | Iliamna | 20.0 min | |
| 62 | Saxman | 20.0 min | |
| 63 | Anchorage | 19.0 min | |
| 64 | Diamond Ridge | 19.0 min | |
| 65 | Anderson | 18.0 min | |
| 66 | Nenana | 18.0 min | |
| 67 | Thorne Bay | 18.0 min | |
| 68 | Delta Junction | 17.0 min | |
| 69 | Ridgeway | 17.0 min | |
| 70 | College | 16.0 min | |
| 71 | Haines | 16.0 min | |
| 72 | Juneau city and | 16.0 min | |
| 73 | Klawock | 16.0 min | |
| 74 | Seldovia Village | 16.0 min | |
| 75 | Cooper Landing | 15.0 min | |
| 76 | Tetlin | 15.0 min | |
| 77 | Copper Center | 14.0 min | |
| 78 | Fairbanks | 14.0 min | |
| 79 | Kenai | 14.0 min | |
| 80 | Klukwan | 14.0 min | |
| 81 | Denali Park | 13.0 min | |
| 82 | Gulkana | 13.0 min | |
| 83 | Kachemak | 13.0 min | |
| 84 | Pelican | 13.0 min | |
| 85 | Port Alsworth | 13.0 min | |
| 86 | Seward | 13.0 min | |
| 87 | Soldotna | 13.0 min | |
| 88 | South Van Horn | 13.0 min | |
| 89 | Bear Creek | 12.0 min | |
| 90 | Big Delta | 12.0 min | |
| 91 | Chickaloon | 12.0 min | |
| 92 | Galena | 12.0 min | |
| 93 | Homer | 12.0 min | |
| 94 | Hydaburg | 12.0 min | |
| 95 | Mill Bay | 12.0 min | |
| 96 | Pilot Station | 12.0 min | |
| 97 | Sitka city and | 12.0 min | |
| 98 | Tanana | 12.0 min | |
| 99 | Tazlina | 12.0 min | |
| 100 | Dillingham | 11.0 min |
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