Copper River Census Area Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Copper River Census Area: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Copper River Census Area spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 103 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 3.8 minutes.

Copper River Census Area holds about 0.4% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Copper River Census Area would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,271 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)
Copper River Census Area	12.3 min	24.6 min	103 hrs/yr	$3,178	86
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 12.3 minutes to get to work in Copper River Census Area. That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 72% of counties in Alaska

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Copper River Census Area

• Car: 75.1%
• Worked at Home: 9.4%
• Walked: 9.3%
• Other: 5.7%
• Bicycle: 0.4%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Copper River Census Area, versus 0.2% in Alaska.

Public transit is unusually rare in Copper River Census Area: 9.9 times less than the Alaska average (0.1% vs 1.0%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Copper River Census Area, versus 0.5% in Alaska.

Commute Mode Trends in Copper River Census Area, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Copper River Census Area 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
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• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	70.5%	13.1%	13.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.7%	1.6%	0.0%
2010	75.6%	9.7%	11.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.0%
2011	72.0%	8.8%	13.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.8%	3.2%	0.0%
2012	72.7%	9.9%	12.6%	1.6%	0.0%	1.0%	2.3%	0.0%
2013	71.7%	11.3%	11.2%	2.3%	0.0%	1.4%	2.0%	0.0%
2014	70.5%	9.2%	16.0%	3.1%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	72.1%	6.3%	16.3%	3.8%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	65.4%	9.5%	22.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	70.3%	7.3%	16.6%	5.2%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	62.5%	3.0%	22.8%	6.1%	2.4%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	61.8%	9.3%	16.6%	7.3%	2.1%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	63.8%	12.4%	14.4%	5.7%	2.2%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	65.6%	10.8%	12.9%	7.1%	2.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	67.8%	11.6%	12.8%	5.2%	2.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	71.9%	13.9%	8.7%	5.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	75.1%	9.4%	9.3%	5.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 75.6% and lowest in 2019 at 61.8%. Overall it rose from 70.5% in 2009 to 75.1% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 5 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 13.6% to 9.3% of workers (down 4.3 percentage points).

Taking a taxi peaked at 3.2% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Copper River Census Area

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Copper River Census Area?

The bars show when commuters in Copper River Census Area 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 Copper River Census Area7.9% Alaska4.8%	7.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Copper River Census Area6.1% Alaska3.6%	6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Copper River Census Area3.3% Alaska5.6%	3.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Copper River Census Area2.4% Alaska7.2%	2.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Copper River Census Area9.1% Alaska8.6%	9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Copper River Census Area13.9% Alaska12.9%	13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Copper River Census Area22.6% Alaska17.1%	22.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Copper River Census Area16.6% Alaska10.7%	16.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Copper River Census Area1.4% Alaska6.3%	1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Copper River Census Area7.3% Alaska7.1%	7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Copper River Census Area3.0% Alaska3.4%	3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Copper River Census Area0.0% Alaska1.7%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Copper River Census Area2.4% Alaska5.6%	2.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Copper River Census Area4.0% Alaska5.3%	4.0%

Copper River Census Area Alaska Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Copper River Census Area is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Alaska. Early starts are more common than in Alaska: 17.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Alaska: 62.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.6%) 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 Copper River Census Area, 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 Copper River Census Area 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 Copper River Census Area 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.

• Copper River Census Area
• Alaska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Copper River Census Area	Alaska	United States
2009	7:54 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:48 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:47 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:49 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:49 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:52 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:37 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:48 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:51 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:46 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Copper River Census Area were on the road by 7:40 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:54 AM). The shift is sharper than across Alaska, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Copper River Census Area now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Copper River Census Area's commute time compare?

Metric	Copper River Census Area	Alaska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.3 min	16.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.4%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	9.3%	7.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Copper River Census Area is 12.3 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 9.3% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau