Petersburg Borough Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Petersburg Borough: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Petersburg Borough spend about 12 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 51 hours, about 2.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 62% less time on the road than the Alaska average of 16.1 minutes each way, a difference of 9.9 minutes.

Petersburg Borough holds about 0.5% of Alaska's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Petersburg Borough would save about 21 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $636 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)
Petersburg Borough	6.2 min	12.3 min	51 hrs/yr	$1,589	219
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 6.2 minutes to get to work in Petersburg Borough. That's 73% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 83% 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 6.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Petersburg Borough

• Car: 61.4% unusually low
• Walked: 22.8% unusually high
• Other: 7.4%
• Worked at Home: 6.5%
• Bicycle: 1.5%
• Taxi: 0.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Petersburg Borough: 50007.8 times less than the Alaska average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Driving is 20% less common in Petersburg Borough than the Alaska average (61.4% vs 76.9%).

Walking is unusually common in Petersburg Borough: 3.2 times more than the Alaska average (22.8% vs 7.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Petersburg Borough: 8.8 times less than the Alaska average (0.1% vs 1.0%).

Petersburg Borough stands out for active commuting: 24.4% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.1 times the Alaska average of 7.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Petersburg Borough, 2010-2024

This chart shows how workers in Petersburg Borough get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 15 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2010 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.

• Car
• Walked
• Other
• Worked at Home
• Bicycle
• Taxi
• Public Transportation
• Motorcycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Other	Worked at Home	Bicycle	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle
2010	61.4%	20.5%	5.7%	9.5%	2.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	60.9%	21.0%	5.2%	9.8%	3.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	62.2%	20.4%	5.2%	9.4%	2.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	61.0%	22.5%	4.8%	8.1%	3.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2014	60.4%	27.9%	4.8%	4.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2015	64.2%	25.0%	4.8%	3.1%	1.7%	0.0%	1.0%	0.2%
2016	64.8%	25.0%	3.4%	3.9%	1.6%	0.1%	1.0%	0.2%
2017	67.4%	22.1%	2.6%	4.9%	1.5%	0.4%	0.8%	0.2%
2018	69.3%	20.5%	2.4%	4.4%	1.7%	0.5%	0.9%	0.2%
2019	69.7%	19.5%	2.2%	5.3%	2.0%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%
2020	64.1%	25.2%	2.8%	5.1%	1.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%
2021	68.2%	21.1%	3.1%	5.3%	1.3%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%
2022	68.1%	19.5%	4.4%	5.9%	1.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	62.1%	21.0%	7.0%	7.4%	2.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	61.4%	22.8%	7.4%	6.5%	1.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2010 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2019 at 69.7% and lowest in 2014 at 60.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 61.4% in 2010 and 61.4% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Petersburg Borough: its share of workers rose from 20.5% in 2010 to 22.8% 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.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 9.5% to 6.5% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 27.9% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 22.8%.

Commute Start Times in Petersburg Borough

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Petersburg Borough?

The bars show when commuters in Petersburg 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 Petersburg Borough6.2% Alaska4.8%	6.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Petersburg Borough3.9% Alaska3.6%	3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Petersburg Borough4.9% Alaska5.6%	4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Petersburg Borough6.6% Alaska7.2%	6.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Petersburg Borough4.8% Alaska8.6%	4.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Petersburg Borough14.1% Alaska12.9%	14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Petersburg Borough21.8% Alaska17.1%	21.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Petersburg Borough9.8% Alaska10.7%	9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Petersburg Borough4.0% Alaska6.3%	4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Petersburg Borough4.3% Alaska7.1%	4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Petersburg Borough5.9% Alaska3.4%	5.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Petersburg Borough0.8% Alaska1.7%	0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Petersburg Borough6.4% Alaska5.6%	6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Petersburg Borough6.5% Alaska5.3%	6.5%

Petersburg Borough Alaska Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Petersburg Borough is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 17.1% across Alaska. Early starts are more common than in Alaska: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Alaska's: 50.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.8%) 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 Petersburg 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 Petersburg Borough Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2010-2024

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 Petersburg Borough next to Alaska and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 15 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

• Petersburg Borough
• Alaska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Petersburg Borough	Alaska	United States
2010	7:46 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:50 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:48 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:48 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:53 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:52 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:56 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:54 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:42 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:43 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Petersburg Borough were on the road by 7:43 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2010 (7:46 AM). Alaska followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Petersburg Borough now leave 5 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 Petersburg Borough has moved 11 minutes earlier.

How does Petersburg Borough's commute time compare?

Metric	Petersburg Borough	Alaska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	6.2 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	6.5%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	22.8%	7.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Petersburg Borough is 6.2 minutes, shorter than the 16.1 minutes in Alaska.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Alaska. 22.8% commute by walking, higher than the 7.2% in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau