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Your life in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Every sentence below is a real figure from a public dataset, ranked against every other county that reports it. The odds you landed here are the odds an American lives here. Sources are at the end.
What stands out
Against every county in America, Bristol Bay Borough is unusual in three ways: natural-hazard risk is among the safest in America (0 of 100), population growth is among the fastest shrinking in America (-3.0% a year), and homeownership is in the bottom 2% of American counties (51%). Within Alaska it ranks 1st of 30 counties for natural-hazard risk, counting from the bottom.
Where you are
You live in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. 854 people live here with you, so most faces are familiar. The population shrank 3.0% last year, and more Americans moved out than in (net -34).
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 $94,167 a year, higher than 95% of American counties. Employers pay an average wage of $70,779. Unemployment runs 4.3%, higher than 77% of American counties. 9% 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 $1,066 a month. Property tax is 0.99% of home value, roughly $2,500 a year on that median home, higher than 59% of American counties. 51% of households own rather than rent.
Safety and health
Violent crime here is 3.7 per 1,000 residents, lower than 63% 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. 13.3% of people under 65 have no health insurance.
School
95% 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 0 out of 100, safer than almost every county in America; the county has had 4 federal disaster declarations since 1953.
Getting around, going out
Home internet averages 74 Mbps down, slower than 94% of American counties. There are 5 airports in the county, counting general aviation.
Where these numbers come from
- BLS QCEW 2024
- CDC 2024
- CMS 2024
- Census 2023
- Census ACS
- Census ACS 2022
- Census Population Estimates 2023
- Census SAHIE 2024
- County Health Rankings 2024
- Derived from ACS 2022 home value / household income
- FAA Airport Database
- FEMA Disaster Declarations 1953–2026
- FEMA National Risk Index 2023 (0–100, all hazards)
- HRSA Area Health Resources File 2023
- IMLS
- NOAA Climate Normals
- National Park Service
- Ookla Speedtest Intelligence
- Open Brewery DB
- OpenElections 2024
- SEDA via County Health Rankings 2024 (3.0 = at grade level; not a Z-score)
- Tax Foundation 2023
- USDA Food Environment Atlas
- Zillow ZHVI 2024
- Alaska tax and law data: state revenue department, Tax Foundation, Giffords, Guttmacher (2026)
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