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Small towns in Alaska

38 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 9 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Alaska outside metro areas, everyday prices run 3.8% below the U.S. average, and housing 28% below.

Closest to a big city

  1. Ketchikan667 miles to Seattle
  2. Craig712 miles to Seattle
  3. Wrangell720 miles to Seattle
  4. Petersburg771 miles to Seattle
  5. Sitka856 miles to Seattle

Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.

Lowest home values

  1. Akutan$93,300
  2. Ester$255,400
  3. Fairbanks$268,400
  4. Kenai$283,900
  5. Kotzebue$288,400

Typical value of an owner-occupied home.

Growing fastest

  1. Wasillaup 16% since 2020
  2. Houstonup 14% since 2020
  3. Homerup 14% since 2020
  4. Kenaiup 6% since 2020
  5. Soldotnaup 6% since 2020

Tourist towns

  1. Big Lake41% vacation homes
  2. Sterling21% vacation homes

Hospital in town

  1. BethelYukon Kuskokwim Delta Reg Hospital
  2. CordovaCordova Community Medical Center
  3. DillinghamBristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital
  4. FairbanksFairbanks Memorial Hospital
  5. HomerSouth Peninsula Hospital
  6. JuneauBartlett Regional Hospital
  7. KetchikanPeacehealth Ketchikan Medical Center
  8. KodiakProvidence Kodiak Island Medical Ctr

Every town in Alaska

Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.

TownPeopleSince 2020Typical homeHousehold incomeMiles to a big cityMiles to an ER
Akutan 1,591 +0.4% $93,300 1,913 437
Badger suburb 18,677 $310,600 $97,183 1,507 10
Bethel 6,626 +4.6% $360,200 $117,255 1,797 In town
Big Lake 3,585 $298,700 $81,406 1,445 22
Butte 4,085 $374,600 $101,042 1,418 9
Chena Ridge suburb 5,881 $395,500 $133,775 1,521 9
College suburb 11,924 $297,500 $83,895 1,520 3
Cordova 2,401 -7.5% $419,400 $85,132 1,286 In town
Craig 1,062 +2.4% $289,500 $67,778 712 57
Dillingham 2,075 -7.5% $307,900 $101,200 1,661 In town
Ester 2,752 $255,400 1,525 9
Fairbanks 31,468 -2.9% $268,400 $73,534 1,515 In town
Farm Loop 2,894 $431,300 $119,375 1,426 6
Farmers Loop suburb 4,954 $279,800 $109,950 1,519 5
Fishhook 5,819 $416,300 $111,375 1,433 12
Gateway suburb 6,845 $446,200 $137,772 1,426 In town
Goldstream 3,294 $289,600 $103,589 1,528 11
Homer 6,331 +14.1% $388,400 $74,449 1,436 In town
Hooper Bay 1,297 -5.6% $49,688 1,947 152
Houston 2,267 +14.5% $295,000 $73,015 1,444 18
Juneau 31,609 -1.8% $449,300 $101,661 888 In town
Kalifornsky 8,663 $336,800 $93,508 1,450 6
Kenai 7,924 +6.5% $283,900 $87,083 1,452 6
Ketchikan 7,939 -2.7% $352,400 $85,275 667 In town
Knik-Fairview 19,972 $340,200 $96,437 1,435 13
Kodiak 5,281 -5% $347,100 $90,292 1,425 In town
Kotzebue 2,876 -7.2% $288,400 $110,357 1,945 In town
Meadow Lakes 8,689 $323,100 $81,699 1,439 13
Mill Bay 3,654 $463,200 1,423 In town
Nikiski 4,773 $312,600 $65,863 1,458 17
Nome 3,653 -0.9% $356,900 $113,646 1,970 In town
North Lakes 10,223 $357,600 $101,679 1,430 4
North Pole suburb 2,477 +10.4% $289,400 $92,273 1,504 12
Palmer suburb 6,710 +12.9% $294,900 $72,201 1,424 5
Petersburg 3,227 $308,400 $71,369 771 In town
Seward 2,892 +5.7% $338,100 $85,481 1,383 In town
Sitka 8,319 -1.3% $450,300 $101,727 856 In town
Soldotna 4,615 +5.8% $306,000 $56,280 1,446 In town
South Lakes suburb 6,180 $377,500 $98,141 1,429 3
Steele Creek 5,928 $348,400 $121,364 1,514 11
Sterling 6,323 $353,400 $102,415 1,439 10
Tanaina suburb 9,646 $328,500 $105,536 1,435 9
Unalaska 4,306 +1.2% $462,400 $131,964 1,945 468
Utqiagvik 4,640 -5.5% $311,400 $115,313 1,974 In town
Valdez 3,681 -7.1% $313,000 $99,271 1,326 In town
Wasilla 10,556 +15.8% $358,400 $67,234 1,433 7
Wrangell 2,007 -5.6% $296,400 $63,750 720 In town

Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.