Aleutians East Borough Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Aleutians East Borough: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Aleutians East Borough spend about 12 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 51 hours, about 2.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 62% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 10.0 minutes.

Aleutians East Borough holds about 0.5% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Aleutians East Borough would save about 20 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $627 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Aleutians East Borough	6.1 min	12.1 min	51 hrs/yr	$1,569	N/A
Alaska	16.1 min	32.2 min	134 hrs/yr	$4,157	583
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Alaska Counties

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On average, it takes 6.1 minutes to get to work in Aleutians East Borough. That's 73% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Alaska

The most common departure window is 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Walking is the most common commute choice, followed by driving. About 11.5% work from home. This differs from the national pattern, where driving is the most common commute choice.

How People Get to Work in Aleutians East Borough

• Walked: 48.8% unusually high
• Car: 38.1% unusually low
• Worked at Home: 11.5%
• Other: 1.6%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Driving is 51% less common in Aleutians East Borough than the Alaska average (38.1% vs 76.9%).

Walking is unusually common in Aleutians East Borough: 6.7 times more than the Alaska average (48.8% vs 7.2%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Aleutians East Borough, versus 1.0% in Alaska.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Aleutians East Borough, versus 0.5% in Alaska.

Biking is essentially absent in Aleutians East Borough, versus 0.7% in Alaska.

Aleutians East Borough stands out for active commuting: 48.8% of workers walk or bike to work, 6.2 times the Alaska average of 7.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Aleutians East Borough, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Aleutians East Borough get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Walked	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	71.7%	12.6%	12.8%	2.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	74.8%	6.1%	17.8%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	79.3%	10.6%	8.5%	0.8%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	82.0%	11.6%	4.9%	0.8%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	80.1%	13.4%	4.5%	1.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	76.1%	16.9%	4.6%	1.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	71.2%	23.3%	2.8%	2.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	66.3%	28.8%	2.4%	2.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	59.2%	32.2%	5.3%	3.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	53.8%	33.9%	9.1%	3.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	48.4%	35.8%	9.5%	5.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%
2020	52.0%	32.9%	9.5%	4.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%
2021	49.2%	31.5%	13.4%	4.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.8%
2022	52.7%	27.3%	15.7%	2.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.9%
2023	55.6%	31.0%	9.4%	2.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	1.5%
2024	48.8%	38.1%	11.5%	1.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving's share bottomed out in 2010 at 6.1%. Overall it rose from 12.6% in 2009 to 38.1% in 2024, up 25.5 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 71.7% to 48.8% of workers (down 22.9 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 17.8% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 11.5%.

Walking was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024, with its share ranging from 48.4% to 82.0%.

Commute Start Times in Aleutians East Borough

• ⏰ Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Alaska's 30 counties: the typical start is 49 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Aleutians East Borough?

The bars show when commuters in Aleutians East Borough leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Alaska for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Aleutians East Borough1.9% Alaska4.8%	1.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Aleutians East Borough2.6% Alaska3.6%	2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Aleutians East Borough18.4% Alaska5.6%	18.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Aleutians East Borough9.0% Alaska7.2%	9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Aleutians East Borough7.7% Alaska8.6%	7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Aleutians East Borough7.5% Alaska12.9%	7.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Aleutians East Borough16.5% Alaska17.1%	16.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Aleutians East Borough9.7% Alaska10.7%	9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Aleutians East Borough10.7% Alaska6.3%	10.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Aleutians East Borough4.7% Alaska7.1%	4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Aleutians East Borough2.6% Alaska3.4%	2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Aleutians East Borough2.1% Alaska1.7%	2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Aleutians East Borough1.8% Alaska5.6%	1.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Aleutians East Borough4.9% Alaska5.3%	4.9%

Aleutians East Borough Alaska Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Aleutians East Borough is 5:30-5:59 AM, when 18.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.6% across Alaska. Early starts are more common than in Alaska: 23.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Alaska: 41.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.0%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Aleutians East Borough, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Aleutians East Borough Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Aleutians East Borough next to Alaska and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Aleutians East Borough	Alaska	United States
2009	8:25 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:46 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	9:45 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	11:00 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:33 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:16 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:14 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:05 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:22 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:16 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:05 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:09 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:51 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Aleutians East Borough were on the road by 7:35 AM, 49 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:25 AM). The shift is sharper than across Alaska, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Aleutians East Borough now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Aleutians East Borough has moved 41 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Aleutians East Borough in the whole series.

How does Aleutians East Borough's commute time compare?

Metric	Aleutians East Borough	Alaska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	6.1 min	16.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	05:30 AM – 05:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.5%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	48.8%	7.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Aleutians East Borough is 6.1 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 48.8% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau