Skagway Municipality
Alaska

What stands out

If you had to describe Skagway Municipality in numbers, start here: the restaurant count per person is among the most in America (5.9 per 1,000), natural-hazard risk is among the safest in America (1 of 100), and unemployment is in the top 2% of American counties (6.7%). Within Alaska it ranks 1st of 18 counties for the restaurant count per person.

Where you are

You live in Skagway Municipality, Alaska. 1,303 people live here with you, so most faces are familiar. The population held steady at 0.3% last year, and more Americans moved out than in (net -4).

Alaska has no state income tax and no state sales tax, and it pays residents an annual Permanent Fund Dividend from oil revenue. Most goods arrive by barge or air, so groceries, fuel and building materials cost well above the national average, and winter heating is a major line item. Roughly half the population lives in the Anchorage area; much of the rest is reachable only by plane or ferry.

Money

The typical household here brings in $79,583 a year, higher than 87% of American counties. Employers pay an average wage of $58,010. Unemployment runs 6.7%, higher than 98% of American counties. 4% of workers work from home.

Alaska has no state income tax, so none of that goes to the state.

Home

A two-bedroom rents for around $1,531 a month. Property tax is 0.33% of home value, roughly $1,433 a year on that median home, lower than 97% of American counties. 66% of households own rather than rent.

Safety and health

Violent crime here is 3.5 per 1,000 residents, lower than 69% of American counties.

There are 0 active physicians in the county, about 0.0 per 10,000 people; the nearest doctor is in another county. 9.2% of people under 65 have no health insurance.

School

93% of adults finished high school.

Neighbors and politics

Under Alaska law you can carry a concealed handgun without a permit, abortion is protected by state law, and marijuana is legal for adults.

Weather and risk

FEMA puts natural-hazard risk at 1 out of 100, safer than almost every county in America; the county has had 3 federal disaster declarations since 1953.

Getting around, going out

Home internet averages 92 Mbps down, slower than 90% of American counties. There is 1 airport in the county, counting general aviation. For a night or a weekend out: 5.9 full-service restaurants per 1,000 people, 2 breweries, 1 National Park Service site.