Lake and Peninsula Borough Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lake and Peninsula Borough: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lake and Peninsula Borough spend about 15 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 63 hours, about 2.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 8.5 minutes.

Lake and Peninsula Borough holds about 0.1% of Alaska's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lake and Peninsula Borough would save about 25 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $784 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)
Lake and Peninsula Borough	7.6 min	15.2 min	63 hrs/yr	$1,961	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.

Commute Time Map: Alaska Counties

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On average, it takes 7.6 minutes to get to work in Lake and Peninsula Borough. That's 66% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 8.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lake and Peninsula Borough

• Car: 47.6% unusually low
• Walked: 24.9% unusually high
• Other: 13.2%
• Worked at Home: 8.1%
• Motorcycle: 4.4% unusually high
• Bicycle: 1.5%
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Lake and Peninsula Borough: 27.1 times more than the Alaska average (4.4% vs 0.2%).

Driving is 38% less common in Lake and Peninsula Borough than the Alaska average (47.6% vs 76.9%).

Walking is unusually common in Lake and Peninsula Borough: 3.4 times more than the Alaska average (24.9% vs 7.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Lake and Peninsula Borough: 4.2 times less than the Alaska average (0.2% vs 1.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Lake and Peninsula Borough: 15.9 times less than the Alaska average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Lake and Peninsula Borough stands out for active commuting: 26.5% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.3 times the Alaska average of 7.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Lake and Peninsula Borough, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lake and Peninsula 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Other	Worked at Home	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	32.0%	32.6%	15.8%	8.1%	6.9%	2.6%	2.1%	0.0%
2010	30.2%	24.2%	18.3%	14.4%	8.3%	1.5%	3.0%	0.0%
2011	25.1%	33.0%	24.9%	11.7%	2.0%	1.1%	2.1%	0.0%
2012	25.7%	31.7%	24.7%	13.5%	0.0%	1.0%	3.4%	0.0%
2013	27.9%	27.9%	31.1%	10.6%	0.0%	1.1%	1.3%	0.0%
2014	31.8%	29.3%	31.5%	5.5%	0.0%	0.3%	1.6%	0.0%
2015	30.0%	35.3%	30.8%	2.5%	0.0%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%
2016	31.7%	32.4%	29.8%	4.4%	0.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2017	30.1%	36.6%	28.9%	3.4%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	30.8%	37.1%	26.8%	3.9%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	29.0%	39.9%	26.2%	3.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	29.2%	46.7%	16.8%	5.1%	1.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	31.2%	46.6%	14.9%	5.2%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	42.9%	34.2%	13.3%	5.2%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	42.5%	32.5%	14.7%	5.0%	4.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	47.6%	24.9%	13.2%	8.1%	4.4%	1.5%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving's share bottomed out in 2011 at 25.1%. Overall it rose from 32.0% in 2009 to 47.6% in 2024, up 15.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 32.6% to 24.9% of workers (down 7.7 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 14.4% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 8.1%.

The most common way to get to work changed: walking led in 2009, while driving led in 2024.

Commute Start Times in Lake and Peninsula Borough

• 🦉 Night OwlThe 3rd-latest start among Alaska's 30 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:17 AM.
• 😴 Sleeping InThe 3rd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Alaska's 30 counties: 27.1% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lake and Peninsula Borough?

The bars show when commuters in Lake and Peninsula 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 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough6.3% Alaska4.8%	6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough0.9% Alaska3.6%	0.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough1.6% Alaska5.6%	1.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough5.3% Alaska7.2%	5.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough3.9% Alaska8.6%	3.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough3.6% Alaska12.9%	3.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough11.3% Alaska17.1%	11.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough30.6% Alaska10.7%	30.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough9.5% Alaska6.3%	9.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough16.0% Alaska7.1%	16.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough2.1% Alaska3.4%	2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Lake and Peninsula Borough1.8% Alaska1.7%	1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Lake and Peninsula Borough6.2% Alaska5.6%	6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Lake and Peninsula Borough1.0% Alaska5.3%	1.0%

Lake and Peninsula Borough Alaska Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Lake and Peninsula Borough is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 30.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.7% across Alaska. Early starts are less common than in Alaska: 8.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Alaska's: 49.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.1%) 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 Lake and Peninsula 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 Lake and Peninsula 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 Lake and Peninsula 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lake and Peninsula Borough	Alaska	United States
2009	8:09 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:27 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:11 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:13 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:20 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:23 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:23 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:20 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:15 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:13 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:17 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:09 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:09 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:21 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:20 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:17 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lake and Peninsula Borough were on the road by 8:17 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (8:09 AM). That goes against the trend across Alaska, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Lake and Peninsula Borough now leave 39 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lake and Peninsula Borough's commute time compare?

Metric	Lake and Peninsula Borough	Alaska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	7.6 min	16.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	09:00 AM – 09:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.1%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	24.9%	7.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lake and Peninsula Borough is 7.6 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 24.9% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau