Commuting in Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Kodiak Island Borough spend about 18 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 74 hours, about 3.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 45% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 7.2 minutes.
Kodiak Island Borough holds about 1.7% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Kodiak Island Borough would save about 30 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $921 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)
Kodiak Island Borough
8.9 min
17.8 min
74 hrs/yr
$2,303
587
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
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TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
8.9
minutes to get to work in
Kodiak Island Borough.
That's 60% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 4.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Kodiak Island Borough
Car:
79.5%
Walked:
9.4%
Worked at Home:
4.8%
Other:
3.3%
Taxi:
1.9%unusually high
Motorcycle:
1.1%unusually high
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Kodiak Island Borough: 6.9 times more than the Alaska average (1.1% vs 0.2%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Kodiak Island Borough: 10.9 times less than the Alaska average (0.1% vs 1.0%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Kodiak Island Borough: 3.9 times more than the Alaska average (1.9% vs 0.5%).
Biking is unusually rare in Kodiak Island Borough: 1675.1 times less than the Alaska average (0.0% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Kodiak Island Borough, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Kodiak Island 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Bicycle
2009
82.5%
7.9%
4.3%
3.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.7%
0.9%
2010
78.7%
12.6%
4.4%
2.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.5%
2011
80.7%
9.9%
4.6%
2.9%
0.1%
0.6%
0.7%
0.6%
2012
80.5%
10.7%
3.9%
3.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.8%
0.7%
2013
78.6%
13.2%
3.8%
3.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.5%
0.7%
2014
80.1%
11.9%
3.3%
3.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
2015
78.2%
12.2%
4.3%
4.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.6%
0.4%
2016
77.6%
9.6%
5.3%
4.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.4%
2017
78.6%
8.0%
5.8%
4.8%
2.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
79.9%
7.6%
6.4%
3.2%
1.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.7%
2019
76.8%
7.7%
6.5%
3.4%
4.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.9%
2020
75.0%
6.5%
6.7%
4.0%
6.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.9%
2021
77.1%
6.2%
7.0%
3.6%
5.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.6%
2022
76.5%
6.4%
6.5%
4.6%
4.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.7%
2023
77.5%
6.9%
5.2%
4.4%
5.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
79.5%
9.4%
4.8%
3.3%
1.9%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2020 at 75.0%. Overall it fell from 82.5% in 2009 to 79.5% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.
Walking gained the most ground in Kodiak Island Borough: its share of workers rose from 7.9% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook public transit to become the 5th most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.
Taking a taxi peaked at 6.5% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 1.9%.
Commute Start Times in Kodiak Island Borough
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Alaska's 30 counties: 63.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kodiak Island Borough?
The bars show when commuters in Kodiak Island 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 AMKodiak Island Borough2.3%Alaska4.8%
2.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMKodiak Island Borough7.6%Alaska3.6%
7.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMKodiak Island Borough1.4%Alaska5.6%
1.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMKodiak Island Borough4.6%Alaska7.2%
4.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMKodiak Island Borough7.1%Alaska8.6%
7.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMKodiak Island Borough21.2%Alaska12.9%
21.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMKodiak Island Borough23.4%Alaska17.1%
23.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMKodiak Island Borough11.5%Alaska10.7%
11.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMKodiak Island Borough4.4%Alaska6.3%
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMKodiak Island Borough5.5%Alaska7.1%
5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMKodiak Island Borough1.5%Alaska3.4%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMKodiak Island Borough1.0%Alaska1.7%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMKodiak Island Borough4.0%Alaska5.6%
4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMKodiak Island Borough4.6%Alaska5.3%
4.6%
Kodiak Island BoroughAlaskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Kodiak Island Borough is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Alaska. Early starts are less common than in Alaska: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Alaska: 63.2% 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 Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island 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
Kodiak Island Borough
Alaska
United States
2009
7:45 AM
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:42 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:51 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:48 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:47 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:48 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:40 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:39 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:40 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:42 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:41 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Kodiak Island Borough were on the road by 7:38 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). The shift is sharper than across Alaska, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Kodiak Island Borough now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Kodiak Island Borough has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Kodiak Island Borough's commute time compare?
Metric
Kodiak Island Borough
Alaska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.9 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
4.8%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
9.4%
7.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Kodiak Island Borough is 8.9 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 9.4% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.
Kodiak Island Borough, AK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Kodiak Island Borough, AK is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,771 residents against a local median of 4,728. Where Kodiak Island Borough, AK breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 41% below the local median of 8.1% at 4.8%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 8.9 min against a local median of 7.7 min, 15% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 15% above the local median it puts Kodiak Island Borough, AK at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.6% on work from home, so Kodiak Island Borough, AK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Kodiak Island Borough, AK has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska.
Is commuting expensive in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 74 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,303 at a typical national wage. That's 45% less than the typical Alaska commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Kodiak Island 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 common is public transit use in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Alaska, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).