Nome Census Area Commute Time Map & Patterns

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

Commuters in Nome Census Area spend about 12 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 49 hours, about 2.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 64% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 10.3 minutes.

Nome Census Area holds about 1.3% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Nome Census Area would save about 19 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $602 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)
Nome Census Area	5.8 min	11.7 min	49 hrs/yr	$1,506	19
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 5.8 minutes to get to work in Nome Census Area. That's 74% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Alaska

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 4.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Nome Census Area

• Car: 40.2% unusually low
• Walked: 33.2% unusually high
• Other: 19.6%
• Worked at Home: 4.5%
• Bicycle: 1.2%
• Motorcycle: 0.9% unusually high
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Nome Census Area: 5.7 times more than the Alaska average (0.9% vs 0.2%).

Driving is 48% less common in Nome Census Area than the Alaska average (40.2% vs 76.9%).

Walking is unusually common in Nome Census Area: 4.6 times more than the Alaska average (33.2% vs 7.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Nome Census Area: 4.3 times less than the Alaska average (0.2% vs 1.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Nome Census Area: 8.4 times less than the Alaska average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Nome Census Area stands out for active commuting: 34.4% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.3 times the Alaska average of 7.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Nome Census Area, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Nome 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
• Bicycle
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• Public Transportation
• Taxi

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Other	Worked at Home	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	35.3%	36.5%	15.0%	11.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
2010	32.6%	37.8%	18.1%	9.7%	1.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
2011	34.3%	38.6%	18.4%	6.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.3%	1.0%
2012	37.5%	37.0%	17.9%	5.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%	1.0%
2013	35.7%	36.3%	18.4%	6.0%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%	1.4%
2014	35.3%	36.5%	19.8%	5.0%	1.6%	0.2%	0.1%	1.5%
2015	35.8%	36.9%	19.5%	4.3%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	1.8%
2016	37.1%	36.7%	18.6%	4.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.1%	1.7%
2017	36.7%	36.8%	18.9%	4.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%	1.2%
2018	36.1%	37.6%	19.7%	4.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	1.0%
2019	36.5%	36.5%	18.9%	4.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	1.7%
2020	36.3%	36.4%	18.4%	6.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	1.2%
2021	34.8%	35.3%	20.2%	6.5%	1.3%	0.5%	0.2%	1.2%
2022	36.2%	35.3%	20.1%	5.4%	1.3%	0.6%	0.2%	1.0%
2023	40.1%	31.6%	19.0%	6.3%	1.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.9%
2024	40.2%	33.2%	19.6%	4.5%	1.2%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving's share bottomed out in 2010 at 32.6%. Overall it rose from 35.3% in 2009 to 40.2% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Riding a motorcycle gained the most ground in Nome Census Area: its share of workers rose from 0.3% in 2009 to 0.9% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 11.8% to 4.5% of workers (down 7.3 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 38.6% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 33.2%.

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

Commute Start Times in Nome Census Area

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

The bars show when commuters in Nome 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 Nome Census Area2.9% Alaska4.8%	2.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Nome Census Area1.6% Alaska3.6%	1.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Nome Census Area6.8% Alaska5.6%	6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Nome Census Area1.2% Alaska7.2%	1.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Nome Census Area4.9% Alaska8.6%	4.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Nome Census Area7.3% Alaska12.9%	7.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Nome Census Area23.4% Alaska17.1%	23.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Nome Census Area14.1% Alaska10.7%	14.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Nome Census Area14.9% Alaska6.3%	14.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Nome Census Area10.3% Alaska7.1%	10.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Nome Census Area2.7% Alaska3.4%	2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Nome Census Area1.4% Alaska1.7%	1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Nome Census Area5.6% Alaska5.6%	5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Nome Census Area2.7% Alaska5.3%	2.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Nome Census Area 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: 11.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Alaska's: 49.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.6%) 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 Nome 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 Nome 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 Nome 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.

• Nome Census Area
• Alaska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Nome Census Area	Alaska	United States
2009	8:18 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:17 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:13 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:09 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:06 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:10 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:16 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:08 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:04 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:03 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:00 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:58 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:01 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:01 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:05 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:04 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Nome Census Area were on the road by 8:04 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:18 AM). The shift is sharper than across Alaska, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Nome Census Area now leave 26 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 Nome Census Area has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Nome Census Area's commute time compare?

Metric	Nome Census Area	Alaska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	5.8 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	08:30 AM – 08:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.5%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	33.2%	7.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Nome Census Area is 5.8 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 33.2% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau