Commuting in Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 23% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 3.7 minutes.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough holds about 1.9% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Ketchikan Gateway Borough would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,279 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)
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
12.4 min
24.8 min
103 hrs/yr
$3,199
678
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
12.4
minutes to get to work in
Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 76% of counties in Alaska
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 6.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Car:
82.4%
Walked:
6.9%
Worked at Home:
6.0%
Other:
2.9%
Public Transportation:
1.6%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 5.7 times less than the Alaska average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Biking is unusually rare in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 644.0 times less than the Alaska average (0.0% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Ketchikan Gateway 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
Walked
Worked at Home
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
79.4%
8.0%
3.7%
4.0%
3.3%
1.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2010
79.2%
9.8%
3.8%
3.5%
1.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.3%
2011
75.9%
11.5%
6.9%
2.9%
1.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
76.7%
12.1%
4.0%
3.0%
2.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
2013
80.4%
12.0%
2.3%
2.0%
2.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
2014
81.0%
11.3%
2.5%
1.7%
2.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
2015
81.7%
10.5%
2.5%
1.4%
2.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
2016
82.1%
9.1%
2.9%
2.0%
3.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
2017
83.0%
8.4%
2.7%
2.3%
3.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
82.0%
8.4%
2.9%
2.3%
3.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
2019
82.8%
7.6%
2.7%
2.0%
3.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
82.8%
6.8%
3.3%
2.0%
4.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
83.6%
6.6%
3.2%
2.1%
3.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
82.5%
7.1%
4.2%
2.2%
3.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
82.2%
6.9%
4.7%
3.1%
2.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
82.4%
6.9%
6.0%
2.9%
1.6%
0.2%
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 2021 at 83.6% and lowest in 2011 at 75.9%. Overall it rose from 79.4% in 2009 to 82.4% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 6.0% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 1.6% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 12.1% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 6.9%.
Commute Start Times in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?
The bars show when commuters in Ketchikan Gateway 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.
Ketchikan Gateway BoroughAlaskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Alaska. Early starts are less common than in Alaska: 9.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Alaska: 57.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.9%) 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Alaska
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:35 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:33 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:35 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:35 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:36 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:35 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Ketchikan Gateway Borough were on the road by 7:34 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Alaska, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Ketchikan Gateway Borough now leave 4 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough's commute time compare?
Metric
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Alaska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.4 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.0%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
6.9%
7.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.6%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 12.4 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.
1.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Alaska. 6.9% commute by walking, lower than the 7.2% in Alaska.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,785 residents against a local median of 5,697. The measure that sets Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK apart most is one-way commute: 12.4 min, 73% above the local median of 7.2 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 6.0% against a local median of 7.5%, 20% below it. The counties themselves spread 7.4 min on one-way commute, so Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Is commuting expensive in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 103 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,199 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Alaska commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across counties in Alaska?
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).