Scores by category

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

Safety—
Economy36#10,024/15,631
Housing89#1,700/14,977
Health34#10,245/15,609
Healthcare1#15,531/15,650
Environment—
Education75#3,940/15,649
Infrastructure17#12,996/15,650
Community10#14,062/15,651
Leisure & amenities75#3,848/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sand Point, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Aleutians East Borough 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

Average commute time · low5.9 min
100/100Alaska 19.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Students per teacher · low8.5×
100/100Alaska 19.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAleutians East Borough value
Median Air Quality Index · low11
99/100Alaska 232023U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAleutians East Borough value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Alaska 0%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAleutians East Borough value
Premature death · low4,128 /100k
98/100Alaska 10,339 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHigh uncertaintyAleutians East Borough value
Public libraries · high2.9 /10k
95/100Alaska 1.1 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAleutians East Borough value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high373.2 mi
0/100Alaska 46.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAleutians East Borough value
Distance to an airport · high674 mi
0/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAleutians East Borough value
New business applications · low3.7 /1k
0/100Alaska 14.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAleutians East Borough value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Alaska 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAleutians East Borough value
Suicide rate · high40.0 /100k
1/100Alaska 30.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataAleutians East Borough value
Drug overdose deaths · high75.7 /100k
1/100Alaska 40.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataAleutians East Borough value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,309 (2015-2019) → 1,064 (2020-2024)
−19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
55.4% (2015-2019) → 30.2% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.9% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
22.4% (2015-2019) → 30.8% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.0% (2015-2019) → 41.7% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Sand Point, Alaska improved on 4 of 13 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.

Improved4

Uninsured−25 points55.4% → 30.2%
Broadband+18 points64.9% → 82.8%
Inequality−0.0480.453 → 0.405
Bachelor's++7.5 points10.9% → 18.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Sand Point, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	5.4 min2015-2019	5.9 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	42%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	64.9%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	22.4%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	86.1%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4052020-2024	−0.048	Improved	83%
Median household income	$67,5002015-2019	$81,5632020-2024	+21%	Within the margin of error	34%
Poverty rate	14.3%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent-burdened households	50.0%2015-2019	41.7%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Unemployment rate	5.9%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	55.4%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	−25 points	Improved	100%

“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 Sand Point, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sand Point, 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, Sand Point, Alaska itself moved +13.3 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

1,064 residents (±165)

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: 60–69 men (+8.1 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

1,064 residents (±165)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

White18%†193
Black0.8%†9
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†

Education

797 residents (±138)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

No high school diploma10%†80
High school or GED34%272
Some college24%†188

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

442 households (±80)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k13%†58
$25k–50k15%†67
$50k–75k20%†87
$75k–100k22%†97
$100k–150k9.5%†42
$150k–200k12%†52
$200k or more8.8%†39

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−7.6 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

442 households (±80)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Own78%344
Rent22%†98

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−9.7 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

72 households (±33)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $75011%†8
$750–1,00021%†15
$1,000–1,50061%†44

Home values

344 homes (±75)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $150k41%142
$150k–250k33%†112
$250k–400k11%†37

Age of homes

503 homes (±78)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

2010 or later3.0%†15
2000–200912%†60
1980–199934%170

Size of homes

503 homes (±78)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Studio1.8%†9
1 bedroom4.2%†21
2 bedrooms32%162

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

500 workers (±128)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone55%276
Carpool10%†50
Public transit0.0%0
Walk29%†146
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.8%†19
Other1.8%†9

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+14.0 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

481 workers (±129)

Sand Point, Alaska
Alaska share

Under 15 min93%447
15–29 min7.1%†34
30–44 min0.0%0

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 Aleutians East Borough, the county holding most of Sand Point's residents.

Aleutians East Borough has 62 employer establishments, 180 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.60× Alaska's), with 1,986 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,956. The Census Bureau also counts 204 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 62; 204 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 180; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 1,986
Average annual pay: $64,956; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Aleutians East Borough by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	6	17.4	0.84×Too few to compare	31	$103,226	—
Food manufacturing	6	17.4	18.9×Too few to compare	1,785	$64,820	—
Outpatient care centers	6	17.4	9.47×Too few to compare	31	$103,226	—
Grocery and convenience stores	4	11.6	3.91×Too few to compare	38	$33,711	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	3	8.7	7.19×Too few to compare	14	$12,286	—
Lessors of real estate	3	8.7	0.71×Too few to compare	17	$33,176	3
Traveler accommodation	3	8.7	4.83×Too few to compare	10	$12,600	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Aleutians East Borough

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,443 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Sand Point, Alaska: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

287FY2017
3.6KFY2019
3.9KFY2020
11.4KFY2021
-179.8FY2022
17KFY2024

What was bought

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 Sand Point, Alaska, so they do not add up across cities.

Sand Point, Alaska's figures are part of those of Aleutians East Borough, AK ($9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Sand Point is mostly in Aleutians East Borough.

See federal money in Aleutians East Borough

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.

Sand Point, 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.

Aleutians East Borough36100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Aleutians East Borough

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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