Scores by category

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

Safety37#9,890/15,637
Economy63#5,841/15,631
Housing89#1,590/14,977
Health45#8,601/15,609
Healthcare5#14,797/15,650
Environment—
Education60#6,253/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,761/15,650
Community15#13,331/15,651
Leisure & amenities61#6,081/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Deltana, 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

Effective property tax rate · low0.04%
100/100Alaska 0.94%United States 0.94%2018-2022U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
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
Average weekly wage · high$1,762
95/100Alaska $1,450United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area value
High school diploma or higher · high92.0%
95/100Alaska 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

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.

PopulationFalling
2,430 (2015-2019) → 1,997 (2020-2024)
−18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.6% (2015-2019) → 77.0% (2020-2024)
+39 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.6% (2015-2019) → 47.2% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+70%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.1% (2015-2019) → 17.6% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
4.7% (2015-2019) → 12.8% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Deltana, Alaska improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 7 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined3

Rent / income+25 points22.6% → 47.2%
Inequality+0.1240.329 → 0.453
Price / income+1.5×2.1× → 3.5×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Deltana, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.3 min2015-2019	20.9 min2020-2024	+4.6 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	80.8%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3292015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.124	Declined	3%
Median household income	$95,1742015-2019	$91,9232020-2024	−3.4%	Within the margin of error	5%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	47.2%2020-2024	+25 points	Declined	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.1%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“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 Deltana, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Deltana, 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, Deltana, Alaska itself moved −30.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,997 residents (±266)

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: 10–19 men (−4.3 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

1,997 residents (±266)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

White84%1,683
Black2.2%†44
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0
Asian0.5%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native2.2%†43
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races11%†218

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (−6.9 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,428 residents (±174)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

No high school diploma8.0%†114
High school or GED33%†472
Some college27%392
Associate degree5.1%†73
Bachelor's degree19%†278
Graduate degree6.9%†99

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+9.4 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

834 households (±104)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k13%†106
$25k–50k16%†132
$50k–75k14%†118
$75k–100k16%†133
$100k–150k21%†176
$150k–200k11%†92
$200k or more9.2%†77

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 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

834 households (±104)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Own88%733
Rent12%†101

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

61 households (±44)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $75038%†23
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5004.9%†3

Home values

733 homes (±105)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $150k4.0%†29
$150k–250k18%†129
$250k–400k59%430

Age of homes

1,015 homes (±101)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

2010 or later22%†220
2000–200921%†210
1980–199936%†367

Size of homes

1,015 homes (±101)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Studio8.2%†83
1 bedroom9.9%†100
2 bedrooms20%†202

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

773 workers (±186)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone76%590
Carpool15%†113
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.1%†70
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

703 workers (±186)

Deltana, Alaska
Alaska share

Under 15 min21%†151
15–29 min57%†399
30–44 min17%†116

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 Deltana'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

In FY2026, an estimated $1.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Deltana, Alaska: $657 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.3M; −51% vs FY2025
Per resident: $657; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$1.2M90%
Department of the Army$89.4K6.8%
U.S. Special Operations Command$29.6K2.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$10.7K0.8%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$4,4480.3%
Departmental Offices$1,9030.1%

Top recipients

DOYON UTILITIES, LLC$1.1M84%
SIEMENS GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$89.4K6.8%
C. H. GUERNSEY & COMPANY$76K5.8%
GHDSYSTEMS LLC$21.4K1.6%
EAN HOLDINGS, LLC$8,2910.6%

Spending by fiscal year

3.5MFY2017
2.7MFY2018
2.6MFY2019
2MFY2020
5.2MFY2021
2.7MFY2022
3.5MFY2023
2.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$1.1M84%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$89.4K6.8%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$76K5.8%
Consumer goods rental · 5322$29.6K2.3%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$8,2910.6%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Deltana, Alaska, so they do not add up across cities.

Deltana, Alaska's figures are part of those of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK ($520.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Deltana 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.

Deltana, 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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