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Place dossier plate
SheetAK-SHAKTOOLIK-AK · Shaktoolik, AK 293 pop · income 44th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Shaktoolik
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Shaktoolik on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mekoryuk · lowest
28,750
Mekoryuk · lowest
28,750 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #1
Shaktoolik · this city
65,833
Shaktoolik · this city
65,833 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #2
Moorefield · near
65,833
Moorefield · near
65,833 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #3
Oconee · near
65,833
Oconee · near
65,833 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #4
Strasburg · near
65,833
Strasburg · near
65,833 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #5
Sunnyland · near
65,833
Sunnyland · near
65,833 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #6
Windsor · highest
234,096
Windsor · highest
234,096 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Shaktoolik on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 293.
Nationally, Shaktoolik sits in the 44th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
44th
percentile, household income
7th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Shaktoolik, AK
293 people live in Shaktoolik, Alaska - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Shaktoolik brings in $65,833 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.1%. Home values in Shaktoolik run a median of $93,000, and the median resident age is 28.9 years. 4.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 41.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Alaska tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 102.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,467 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $271 across Alaska, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 35.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Shaktoolik's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Shaktoolik, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Shaktoolik?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 4.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Is Shaktoolik growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -4 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.9% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Shaktoolik?
Within Alaska, the closest population matches are Clam Gulch (294 residents, $91,250 income); Tyonek (291 residents, $57,917 income); Mekoryuk (290 residents, $28,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Perrytown, AR (293 residents); Garden City, CO (293 residents); Windsor, FL (293 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Shaktoolik?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Shaktoolik?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Walking is the largest reported mode at 47.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
0.0%
Drive alone
3.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 82 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 8.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
102.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Alaska average
F
City profile score · Shaktoolik, AK
32/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate D
8.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$65,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
102.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Shaktoolik profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 47/100 (D) · 8.1%
Household income: 43/100 (D) · $65,833
Cost of living: 29/100 (F) · 102.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.4%
How does Shaktoolik compare to other US cities?
Where Shaktoolik sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income44% higher than other cities
Home value7% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Shaktoolik against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alaska only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alaska-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Shaktoolik near the bottom of Alaska's cities
Among the 228 Alaska cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Shaktoolik ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Shaktoolik only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#112 of 215
48th percentile in Alaska
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 228
0th percentile in Alaska
Median Home Value
#162 of 200
19th percentile in Alaska
Poverty Rate
#130 of 225
42nd percentile in Alaska
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#182 of 228
20th percentile in Alaska
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alaska only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
44th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Shaktoolik's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$93,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 93% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Shaktoolik's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#285 of 15,516
More affordable than 98% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#280 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.4×, Shaktoolik sits in the affordable band:
national rank #285 of 15,516 and #280 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$65,833Shaktoolik, AK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Shaktoolik, AK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Shaktoolik, AK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)41.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
293
Median Income
$65,833
Median Home Value
$93,000
Median Age
28.9
Poverty Rate
8.1%
Labor force participation
41.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.4%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Shaktoolik's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
213 residents
2021
210 residents
2022
208 residents
2023
207 residents
2024
208 residents
2025
209 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
3.7%
Carpool
2.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
47.6%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
46.3%
Based on 82 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alaska statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $271
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alaska at $271 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alaska statewide averages, not a meter reading for Shaktoolik. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alaska's BEA cost-of-living index is 102.4 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Shaktoolik is $1,467/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alaska statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 35.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alaska statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Shaktoolik sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Shaktoolik compares to similar-size Alaska cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.