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Longest commutes, Alaska counties · 2020

Alaska counties ranked by mean travel time to work (2020 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 11.0.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAVERAGE COMMUTEVS 2000

01Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66635.1+14%

02Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,66624.4–

03Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95119.7+24%

04Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,97219.1+75%

05Anchorage, AKAK287,15518.6+56%

06Denali, AKAK1,61616.3+34%

07Juneau, AKAK31,60915.3+45%

08Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,77714.8–

09Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27114.2–

10Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,27014.1+21%

11Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,54913.9+42%

12Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38711.2+24%

13Bristol Bay, AKAK84711.1+26%

14Sitka, AKAK8,31911.0+5%

15Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55311.0–

16Haines, AKAK2,0689.5−10%

17Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,0289.1−2%

18Petersburg, AKAK3,3948.9–

19Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,4838.7−5%

20Wrangell, AKAK2,0078.6–

21Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3577.3−18%

22Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3917.2−15%

23Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2407.2−26%

24Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,9327.0–

25Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8306.2−21%

26North Slope, AKAK10,5826.0−26%

27Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0955.8−33%

28Skagway, AKAK1,1045.3–

29Yakutat, AKAK6725.2−45%

30Aleutians East, AKAK3,4795.2−34%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS