City · Bethel Census Area, Alaska

Quinhagak, Alaska

Quinhagak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska. It has 1,311 residents. Quinhagak, Alaska has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,552 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alaska it ranks #71 of 71 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), average commute time (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), mammography screening (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,552 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alaska: #71 of 71 in AK
Population: 1,311 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 308.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 0264600

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 62 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
Economy1#15,488/15,631
Housing—
Health0#15,533/15,609
Healthcare34#10,388/15,650
Environment—
Education3#15,239/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,111/15,650
Community17#12,965/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,733/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Quinhagak, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Bethel 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 · low2.2 /100k
100/100Alaska 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBethel Census Area value
Average commute time · low4.4 min
100/100Alaska 19.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mental health providers · high2,884 /100k
100/100Alaska 802 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBethel Census Area value
Natural hazard risk · low0.2
100/100Alaska 64.12025Federal Emergency Management AgencyBethel Census Area value
Dentists · high170 /100k
100/100Alaska 106 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBethel Census Area value
Rent as share of income · low16.3%
99/100Alaska 27.7%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high93.3 /100k
0/100Alaska 30.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBethel Census Area value
Mammography screening · low6.0%
0/100Alaska 39.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBethel Census Area value
Flu vaccinations · low3.0%
0/100Alaska 29.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBethel Census Area value
New business applications · low2.4 /1k
0/100Alaska 14.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauBethel Census Area value
Adult smoking · high37.9%
0/100Alaska 16.9%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food environment index · low3.1
0/100Alaska 7.0United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBethel Census Area value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
876 (2015-2019) → 1,311 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
0.7× (2015-2019) → 1.9× (2020-2024)
+186%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
27.9% (2015-2019) → 3.1% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
18.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.6% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
74.5% (2015-2019) → 65.9% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Quinhagak, Alaska improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 6 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 points19.6% → 7.0%
Household income+37%$36,750 → $50,208

Declined2

Price / income+1.2×0.7× → 1.9×
Rent / income+5.7 points10.6% → 16.3%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Quinhagak, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	71.8%2015-2019	78.1%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Child poverty rate	37.0%2015-2019	39.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	74.5%2015-2019	65.9%2020-2024	−8.6 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	0.7×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$36,7502015-2019	$50,2082020-2024	+37%	Improved	68%
Poverty rate	29.7%2015-2019	36.5%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	10.6%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Declined	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.6%2015-2019	7.0%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 Quinhagak, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Quinhagak, 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.

No place that looked like Quinhagak, Alaska five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Quinhagak, Alaska itself moved −3.8 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

1,311 residents (±164)

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

297 households (±39)

Quinhagak, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k23%†67
$25k–50k27%†81
$50k–75k15%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

297 households (±39)

Quinhagak, Alaska
Alaska share

Own82%243
Rent18%†54

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

325 workers (±57)

Quinhagak, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone2.2%†7
Carpool2.5%†8
Public transit0.0%

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

Bethel Census Area has 215 employer establishments, 118 for every 10,000 residents (0.47× the US rate of 248; 0.39× Alaska's), with 2,523 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,977. The Census Bureau also counts 731 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 215; 731 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 118; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 2,523
Average annual pay: $57,977; US $68,342

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

Grocery and convenience stores	21	11.5	3.88×More than typical	555	$20,326	5
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	15	8.2	12.1×More than typical	33	$30,939	—
General merchandise stores	12	6.6	3.72×More than typical	191	$16,932	8
Restaurants and other eating places	12	6.6	0.36×Fewer than typical	76	$35,145	11
Gasoline stations	10	5.5	1.69×More than typical	150	$28,047	—
Lessors of real estate	10	5.5	0.44×Fewer than typical	30	$77,167	27
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	7	3.8	1.44×Too few to compare	72	$31,694	—
Individual and family services	7	3.8	1.37×Too few to compare	15	$67,667	5
Construction of buildings	6	3.3	0.43×Too few to compare	13	$48,923	4
Full-service restaurants	6	3.3	0.43×Too few to compare	46	$31,000	—
Elementary and secondary schools	5	2.7	3.98×Too few to compare	33	$32,697	—
Limited-service restaurants	5	2.7	0.34×Too few to compare	29	$41,931	—

Rank places for an industry Open Bethel Census Area

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,248 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: Quinhagak is mostly in Bethel Census Area.

See federal money in Bethel 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.

Quinhagak, 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.

Bethel Census Area13100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Bethel 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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