Dillingham Census Area Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Dillingham Census Area: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Dillingham Census Area spend about 15 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 65 hours, about 2.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 8.3 minutes.

Dillingham Census Area holds about 0.6% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Dillingham Census Area would save about 26 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $800 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)
Dillingham Census Area	7.7 min	15.5 min	65 hrs/yr	$2,001	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.

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On average, it takes 7.7 minutes to get to work in Dillingham Census Area. That's 65% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 6.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Dillingham Census Area

• Car: 52.4% unusually low
• Walked: 28.8% unusually high
• Other: 9.6%
• Worked at Home: 6.3%
• Motorcycle: 1.6% unusually high
• Bicycle: 0.8%
• Public Transportation: 0.4%
• Taxi: 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Dillingham Census Area: 9.8 times more than the Alaska average (1.6% vs 0.2%).

Driving is 32% less common in Dillingham Census Area than the Alaska average (52.4% vs 76.9%).

Walking is unusually common in Dillingham Census Area: 4.0 times more than the Alaska average (28.8% vs 7.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Dillingham Census Area: 4.2 times less than the Alaska average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Dillingham Census Area stands out for active commuting: 29.6% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.7 times the Alaska average of 7.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Dillingham Census Area, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Dillingham 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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• Walked
• Other
• Worked at Home
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Other	Worked at Home	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	61.5%	20.9%	11.8%	3.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%	1.7%
2010	59.5%	20.1%	12.6%	4.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	2.9%
2011	56.6%	17.8%	16.8%	5.2%	0.0%	0.9%	0.6%	2.2%
2012	55.7%	17.4%	17.5%	6.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.7%	1.7%
2013	55.7%	15.0%	17.1%	8.9%	0.0%	0.6%	0.6%	2.1%
2014	54.0%	18.6%	15.9%	7.7%	0.0%	0.8%	1.1%	1.9%
2015	53.6%	20.3%	14.9%	7.2%	0.0%	1.4%	1.1%	1.4%
2016	53.8%	23.1%	12.7%	7.8%	0.0%	0.3%	1.0%	1.3%
2017	55.6%	23.5%	12.4%	6.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.9%	1.3%
2018	53.6%	26.5%	12.6%	4.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.9%	1.3%
2019	54.7%	25.5%	13.1%	4.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%	1.4%
2020	50.2%	28.4%	13.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.9%
2021	53.2%	24.7%	12.5%	6.8%	1.3%	0.7%	0.2%	0.7%
2022	52.2%	27.4%	11.5%	6.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	54.1%	25.9%	10.6%	7.2%	1.3%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	52.4%	28.8%	9.6%	6.3%	1.6%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2020 at 50.2%. Overall it fell from 61.5% in 2009 to 52.4% in 2024, down 9.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Dillingham Census Area: its share of workers rose from 20.9% in 2009 to 28.8% in 2024, up 7.9 percentage points.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.1% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Riding a motorcycle overtook biking to become the 5th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 8.9% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 6.3%.

Commute Start Times in Dillingham Census Area

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Dillingham Census Area?

The bars show when commuters in Dillingham 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 Dillingham Census Area4.8% Alaska4.8%	4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Dillingham Census Area0.2% Alaska3.6%	0.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Dillingham Census Area2.4% Alaska5.6%	2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Dillingham Census Area2.9% Alaska7.2%	2.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Dillingham Census Area10.5% Alaska8.6%	10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Dillingham Census Area6.3% Alaska12.9%	6.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Dillingham Census Area29.3% Alaska17.1%	29.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Dillingham Census Area12.6% Alaska10.7%	12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Dillingham Census Area15.5% Alaska6.3%	15.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Dillingham Census Area7.3% Alaska7.1%	7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Dillingham Census Area2.1% Alaska3.4%	2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Dillingham Census Area0.9% Alaska1.7%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Dillingham Census Area4.1% Alaska5.6%	4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Dillingham Census Area1.2% Alaska5.3%	1.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Dillingham Census Area is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 29.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Alaska. Early starts are less common than in Alaska: 7.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Alaska: 58.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.6%) 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 Dillingham 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 Dillingham 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 Dillingham 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.

• Dillingham Census Area
• Alaska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Dillingham Census Area	Alaska	United States
2009	7:54 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:55 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:56 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:59 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:02 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:00 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:58 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:56 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:53 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:53 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:54 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:54 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:54 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:55 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:57 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:54 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Dillingham Census Area were on the road by 7:54 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Alaska, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Dillingham Census Area now leave 16 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Dillingham Census Area's commute time compare?

Metric	Dillingham Census Area	Alaska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	7.7 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	08:30 AM – 08:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.3%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	28.8%	7.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Dillingham Census Area is 7.7 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 28.8% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau