Commuting in Haines Borough, Alaska: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Haines Borough: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Haines Borough spend about 14 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 57 hours, about 2.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 58% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 9.3 minutes.
Haines Borough holds about 0.3% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Haines Borough would save about 23 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $701 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)
Haines Borough
6.8 min
13.6 min
57 hrs/yr
$1,754
110
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.
On average, it takes
6.8
minutes to get to work in
Haines Borough.
That's 70% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 11.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Haines Borough
Car:
68.9%
Worked at Home:
11.2%
Other:
9.8%
Walked:
7.3%
Public Transportation:
1.8%
Bicycle:
1.0%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Haines Borough, versus 0.2% in Alaska.
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Haines Borough: 515.5 times less than the Alaska average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Haines Borough, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Haines 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.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
58.0%
14.8%
0.8%
18.2%
3.2%
4.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
55.4%
17.3%
0.0%
22.0%
2.0%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
65.7%
14.5%
0.0%
16.0%
0.4%
3.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
71.4%
14.1%
0.0%
13.2%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
72.6%
8.6%
1.4%
13.4%
1.5%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
72.2%
8.8%
2.1%
11.3%
1.5%
2.9%
0.0%
1.4%
2015
73.6%
7.3%
4.5%
8.5%
1.6%
3.3%
0.0%
1.1%
2016
70.4%
8.7%
5.2%
9.9%
1.4%
3.4%
0.0%
1.2%
2017
67.0%
13.4%
5.3%
9.2%
0.6%
3.0%
0.0%
1.7%
2018
70.9%
14.0%
1.0%
10.0%
0.2%
2.0%
0.0%
1.9%
2019
64.5%
19.8%
1.2%
13.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
55.1%
19.8%
8.4%
16.0%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
55.7%
19.4%
8.3%
15.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
62.6%
7.2%
10.9%
17.5%
1.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
64.8%
9.6%
10.1%
12.6%
1.5%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
68.9%
11.2%
9.8%
7.3%
1.8%
1.0%
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 2015 at 73.6% and lowest in 2020 at 55.1%. Overall it rose from 58.0% in 2009 to 68.9% in 2024, up 10.9 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 4 releases.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 18.2% to 7.3% of workers (down 10.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 19.8% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 11.2%.
Commute Start Times in Haines Borough
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Haines Borough?
The bars show when commuters in Haines 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 AMHaines Borough8.5%Alaska4.8%
8.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHaines Borough2.4%Alaska3.6%
2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHaines Borough6.3%Alaska5.6%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHaines Borough8.0%Alaska7.2%
8.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHaines Borough3.9%Alaska8.6%
3.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHaines Borough9.9%Alaska12.9%
9.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHaines Borough20.5%Alaska17.1%
20.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHaines Borough15.7%Alaska10.7%
15.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHaines Borough2.6%Alaska6.3%
2.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHaines Borough10.6%Alaska7.1%
10.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHaines Borough3.3%Alaska3.4%
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHaines Borough2.9%Alaska1.7%
2.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHaines Borough3.2%Alaska5.6%
3.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHaines Borough2.2%Alaska5.3%
2.2%
Haines BoroughAlaskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Haines Borough is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Alaska. Early starts are more common than in Alaska: 17.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Alaska's: 50.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.2%) 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 Haines 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 Haines 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 Haines 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Haines Borough
Alaska
United States
2009
8:22 AM
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
2010
8:12 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2011
8:04 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
8:01 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2013
8:03 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:53 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:54 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:54 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:54 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:49 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:57 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:01 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2021
8:02 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:58 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
8:12 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:46 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Haines Borough were on the road by 7:46 AM, 36 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:22 AM). The shift is sharper than across Alaska, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Haines Borough now leave 8 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Haines Borough has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Haines Borough in the whole series.
How does Haines Borough's commute time compare?
Metric
Haines Borough
Alaska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
6.8 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
11.2%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
7.3%
7.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.8%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Haines Borough is 6.8 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.
1.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Alaska. 7.3% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.
Haines Borough, AK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Haines Borough, AK is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,110 residents against a local median of 3,409. The measure that sets Haines Borough, AK apart most is work from home: 11.2%, 67% above the local median of 6.7%.
The counties themselves spread 8.5% on work from home, so Haines Borough, AK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Haines Borough, AK has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Haines Borough, Alaska.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Haines Borough, Alaska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 57 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $1,754 at a typical national wage. That's 58% less than the typical Alaska commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Haines Borough, Alaska?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Haines Borough, Alaska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Alaska have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Alaska, the shortest average commutes are in Skagway Municipality (4.7 min), Northwest Arctic Borough (5.5 min), Nome Census Area (5.8 min). The longest are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough (25.3 min), Fairbanks North Star Borough (17.2 min), Anchorage Municipality (17.1 min).