County · Alaska
Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska
Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #1,999 of 3,143 US counties. Within Alaska it ranks #20 of 30 counties. It ranks best on average commute time (low), rent as share of income (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), distance to an airport (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).
- Quality-of-life score
- #1,999 of 3,143 counties
- Alaska
- #20 of 30 in AK
- Population
- 672 (2025)
- Land area
- 7,628 mi²
- Density
- 0.1 /mi²
- FIPS code
- 02282
Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 60 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.
Scores by category
Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.
- Safety—
- Economy52#1,499/3,143
- Housing88#370/3,140
- Health36#2,019/3,144
- Healthcare8#2,884/3,143
- Environment—
- Education43#1,780/3,144
- Infrastructure46#1,699/3,144
- Community30#2,193/3,144
- Leisure & amenities21#2,480/3,143
Strengths · Weaknesses
Indicators where Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).
Strengths
- Average commute time · low5.5 min
- Rent as share of income · low14.3%
- Drought exposure · low0%98/100Alaska 0%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
- Arts, entertainment and recreation · high14.9 /10k
- Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.358
- Effective property tax rate · low0.35%
Weaknesses
- Distance to an emergency room · high213.1 mi
- Distance to an airport · high369 mi1/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
- Distance to an Amtrak station · high970 mi1/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
- Public libraries · low0.0 /10k
- Restaurants and bars · low0.0 /10k
- Primary care physicians · low0 /100k
Trends
The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.
- New business applicationsImproving
1.5 /1k (2020) → 14.9 /1k (2025)
+915%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
- Restaurants and barsWorsening
14.7 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 8.8 /10k → 9.0 /10k
- Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.7% (2015-2019) → 87.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
- Job growthWorsening
12.6% (2021) → -2.9% (2026 Q1)
−16 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
- New homes permittedWorsening
11.3 /1k (2021) → 4.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
- Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
22.6% (2015-2019) → 14.4% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
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.
Counties like Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska five years ago that improved
The places whose measures looked most like those of Yakutat City and Borough, 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.
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).
Income
How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.
Homes
Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.
Getting to work
How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.
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.
Federal contract spending
Federal grants & assistance
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
Public money & outcomes
Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.
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.
Cities and towns in Yakutat City and Borough
Places whose residents live mostly in Yakutat City and Borough, largest first.
Neighboring counties
Places that share a border, best score first.
Similar counties
Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK39Alike on July high, Wildfire risk, Avg temperature
- Petersburg Borough, AK69Alike on July high, Precipitation, Avg temperature
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK25Alike on July high, Price level, Housing problems
- Bristol Bay Borough, AK56Alike on Homeownership, Avg temperature, July high
- Aleutians West Census Area, AK60Alike on July high, Inequality, Commute
Data and sources
Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.
- Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
- PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
- Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
- Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
- National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
- Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-10
- Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
- Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
- U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
- Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
- Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
- Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
- Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
- American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
- Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
- Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
- 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
- Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
- County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement