City · Dillingham Census Area, Alaska

Dillingham, Alaska

Dillingham is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. It has 2,109 residents. Dillingham, Alaska has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,162 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alaska it ranks #49 of 71 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), primary care physicians (high) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), injury deaths (high) and distance to an airport (high).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,162 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alaska: #49 of 71 in AK
Population: 2,109 (2020-2024)
Land area: 33 mi²
Density: 63.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 0218950

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 64 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.

Safety12#13,790/15,637
Economy47#8,322/15,631
Housing90#1,529/14,977
Health15#13,242/15,609
Healthcare48#8,213/15,650
Environment—
Education84#2,463/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,396/15,650
Community8#14,382/15,651
Leisure & amenities55#7,108/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dillingham, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Dillingham 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

Traffic deaths · low0.0 /100k
100/100Alaska 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDillingham Census Area value
Primary care physicians · high254 /100k
100/100Alaska 96 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDillingham Census Area value
Natural hazard risk · low0.3
100/100Alaska 64.12025Federal Emergency Management AgencyDillingham Census Area value
Mental health providers · high1,034 /100k
99/100Alaska 802 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDillingham Census Area value
Average commute time · low9.7 min
99/100Alaska 19.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Dentists · high130 /100k
99/100Alaska 106 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDillingham Census Area value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low0.0 /1k
0/100Alaska 14.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauDillingham Census Area value
Injury deaths · high256 /100k
0/100Alaska 117 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDillingham Census Area value
Distance to an airport · high332 mi
0/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDillingham Census Area value
Flu vaccinations · low15.0%
0/100Alaska 29.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDillingham Census Area value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Alaska 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDillingham Census Area value
Suicide rate · high46.0 /100k
1/100Alaska 30.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataDillingham Census Area value

Trends

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

Median household incomeImproving
$74,524 (2015-2019) → $101,200 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
21.7% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.7% (2015-2019) → 93.5% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.9% (2015-2019) → 91.3% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioImproving
3.6× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
−15%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 17.4% (2020-2024)
−2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Dillingham, Alaska improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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.

Improved1

Household income+36%$74,524 → $101,200

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Dillingham, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	9.3 min2015-2019	9.7 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	86.9%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Child poverty rate	21.7%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	−0.5×	Within the margin of error	94%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3982015-2019	0.4082020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$74,5242015-2019	$101,2002020-2024	+36%	Improved	67%
Poverty rate	11.9%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	32.7%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.2%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	76%

“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 Dillingham, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dillingham, 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, Dillingham, Alaska itself moved +1.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,109 residents (±127)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

738 households (±78)

Dillingham, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k9.2%†68
$25k–50k14%†103
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

738 households (±78)

Dillingham, Alaska
Alaska share

Own57%417
Rent43%321

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,021 workers (±136)

Dillingham, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone41%422
Carpool26%†264
Public transit0.4%†4

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 Dillingham Census Area, the county holding most of Dillingham's residents.

Dillingham Census Area has 121 employer establishments, 263 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Alaska's), with 1,289 paid employees at an average annual pay of $89,281. The Census Bureau also counts 651 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 121; 651 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 263; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 1,289
Average annual pay: $89,281; US $68,342

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

Grocery and convenience stores	8	17.4	5.86×Too few to compare	132	$26,015	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	6	13	4.90×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Food manufacturing	6	13	14.1×Too few to compare	51	$323,176	—
Other amusement and recreation industries	6	13	5.38×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Restaurants and other eating places	5	10.9	0.59×Too few to compare	11	$39,545	—
Individual and family services	4	8.7	3.10×Too few to compare	154	$55,805	—
Lessors of real estate	4	8.7	0.71×Too few to compare	19	$118,579	11
RV parks and recreational camps	4	8.7	36.6×Too few to compare	3	$380,000	—
Ambulatory health care services	3	6.5	0.31×Too few to compare	6	$104,500	4
Construction of buildings	3	6.5	0.86×Too few to compare	42	$68,452	4
Management, scientific and technical consulting	3	6.5	0.97×Too few to compare	57	$65,263	52
Snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars	3	6.5	2.58×Too few to compare	8	$24,500	—

Rank places for an industry Open Dillingham Census Area

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,603 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: Dillingham is mostly in Dillingham Census Area.

See federal money in Dillingham 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.

Dillingham, 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.

Dillingham Census Area30100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Dillingham 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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