City · Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

Delta Junction, Alaska

Delta Junction is a city in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It has 1,217 residents. Delta Junction, Alaska has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,220 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alaska it ranks #50 of 71 cities and towns. It ranks best on drug overdose deaths (low), grocery stores (high) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), flu vaccinations (low) and mammography screening (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,220 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alaska: #50 of 71 in AK
Population: 1,217 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 87.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 0218620

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 61 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety37#9,890/15,637
Economy77#3,646/15,631
Housing—
Health45#8,531/15,609
Healthcare8#14,372/15,650
Environment—
Education52#7,442/15,649
Infrastructure69#4,805/15,650
Community16#13,206/15,651
Leisure & amenities61#6,081/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Delta Junction, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Southeast Fairbanks Census Area value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Alaska 40.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Grocery stores · high4.1 /10k
98/100Alaska 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Public libraries · high4.2 /10k
98/100Alaska 1.1 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
High school diploma or higher · high94.1%
96/100Alaska 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Average weekly wage · high$1,762
95/100Alaska $1,450United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Alaska 0%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high198.8 mi
0/100Alaska 46.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Flu vaccinations · low18.0%
1/100Alaska 29.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Mammography screening · low28.0%
1/100Alaska 39.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Alaska 0.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high1,288 mi
1/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
Suicide rate · high34.5 /100k
2/100Alaska 30.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
993 (2015-2019) → 1,217 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.6% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
24.6% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
9.6% (2015-2019) → 1.9% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Poverty rateImproving
14.1% (2015-2019) → 8.2% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$68,500 (2015-2019) → $84,271 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Delta Junction, Alaska improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Uninsured−13 points24.6% → 11.8%
Broadband+22 points69.6% → 91.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Delta Junction, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.4 min2015-2019	16.0 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Broadband subscriptions	69.6%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	93%
High school diploma or higher	93.4%2015-2019	94.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4092020-2024	−0.024	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$68,5002015-2019	$84,2712020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	39%
Poverty rate	14.1%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent as share of income	24.8%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	37.1%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.6%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	98%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Delta Junction, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Delta Junction, Alaska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Delta Junction, Alaska itself moved +6.8 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,217 residents (±223)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+15.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,217 residents (±223)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

White75%911
Black0.2%†3
Hispanic or Latino15%†185

Education

833 residents (±155)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

No high school diploma5.9%†49
High school or GED25%†207
Some college32%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

521 households (±110)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k9.4%†49
$25k–50k15%†79
$50k–75k14%†73
$75k–100k28%†145
$100k–150k14%†73
$150k–200k12%†65
$200k or more7.1%†37

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

521 households (±110)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Own73%378
Rent27%†143

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

123 households (±43)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $75012%†15
$750–1,00013%†16
$1,000–1,50054%†67

Home values

378 homes (±91)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $150k6.3%†24
$150k–250k28%†107
$250k–400k44%†165

Age of homes

648 homes (±111)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

2010 or later12%†75
2000–200919%†124
1980–199930%†192

Size of homes

648 homes (±111)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Studio5.2%†34
1 bedroom16%†101
2 bedrooms19%†124

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

614 workers (±140)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone76%466
Carpool12%†71
Public transit1.5%†9
Walk1.0%†6
Bike1.8%†11
Work from home7.5%†46
Other0.8%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−4.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

568 workers (±137)

Delta Junction, Alaska
Alaska share

Under 15 min54%†307
15–29 min39%†220
30–44 min2.5%†14

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, the county holding most of Delta Junction's residents.

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has 172 employer establishments, 242 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Alaska's), with 1,738 paid employees at an average annual pay of $89,249. The Census Bureau also counts 547 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 172; 547 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 242; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 1,738
Average annual pay: $89,249; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Gasoline stations	11	15.4	4.76×More than typical	83	$46,711	—
Traveler accommodation	11	15.4	8.56×More than typical	69	$31,159	12
Ambulatory health care services	10	14	0.67×Fewer than typical	91	$49,593	7
Restaurants and other eating places	8	11.2	0.61×Too few to compare	83	$42,627	—
Specialty trade contractors	7	9.8	0.63×Too few to compare	53	$71,170	45
Construction of buildings	6	8.4	1.11×Too few to compare	57	$110,175	41
Lessors of real estate	5	7	0.57×Too few to compare	13	$64,846	27
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	4	5.6	2.11×Too few to compare	5	$4,800	6
Full-service restaurants	4	5.6	0.73×Too few to compare	74	$42,027	—
Grocery and convenience stores	4	5.6	1.89×Too few to compare	47	$40,447	—
Other amusement and recreation industries	4	5.6	2.32×Too few to compare	5	$4,800	5
Religious organizations	4	5.6	1.01×Too few to compare	10	$19,400	—

Rank places for an industry Open Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,121 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Delta Junction is mostly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area.

See federal money in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Delta Junction, Alaska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nicholas J. Begich IIIR-AK · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area33100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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