Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska: commercial real estate data.

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

How many people live in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20245,195
• Households2,296
• Average household size2.26
• Median household income$55,741
• Median age37.8
• Median gross rent$1,084 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$98,500
• Home value to household income1.8 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.0 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.5 percent
• Adults 25 and over3,470
• Population under 181,368
• Share under 1826.3 percent
• Population 65 and over899
• Share 65 and over17.3 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 642,928
• Civilian labor force2,655
• Unemployment rate5.4 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over69.4 percent
• Rank by population among Alaska census areas18th of 30
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2883rd of 3,222

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is the 18th largest of 30 Alaska census areas by population. A median home costs 1.8 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 26.3 percent against 17.3 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving81
• People arriving, from those returns163
• Tax returns filed by households leaving103
• Net household movement-22
• Adjusted gross income arriving$3.6 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-600,000
• Average income of an arriving household$44,210
• Average income of a leaving household$40,592
• Largest single originFairbanks North Star Borough (44 households)
• Largest single destinationFairbanks North Star Borough (54 households)

Households arriving report $3,618 more average income than households leaving, so the migration is raising local spending power rather than just moving it around. The largest single source of arrivals is Fairbanks North Star Borough, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

• Covered employment, annual average2,292
• Establishments reporting237
• Average annual pay$52,125
• Average weekly wage$1,002
• Retail trade, employment104
• Retail trade, average annual pay$30,096
• Other services, except public administration, employment102
• Other services, except public administration, average annual pay$61,323
• Transportation and warehousing, employment51
• Transportation and warehousing, average annual pay$117,093
• Construction, employment17
• Construction, average annual pay$56,278

Retail trade is the largest private sector at 104 jobs, 4.5 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

• Housing units authorized by permit, 20240
• Declared construction value permitted$0
• Single family units authorized0
• Multifamily units authorized0

No residential units were authorized by permit in 2024. In a small county this is common and is not by itself a sign of distress, but it does mean there is no recent residential pipeline to read demand from.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

Do SBA loans in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded2
• Paid in full2
• Charged off0
• Status: Paid in full2
• Status: Cancelled1

Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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How large is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area?

• Land area145,505 sq mi
• Rank by land area among Alaska census areas1st of 30
• Width, east to west587.1 mi
• Height, north to south453.1 mi
• Geographies sharing a boundary8
• Residents per square mile of land0
• Establishments per square mile0.00

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.

Feasibility studies

When a Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20245,195
• Households2,296
• Average household size2.26
• Median household income$55,741
• Median age37.8

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Cities and places in Yukon-Koyukuk.

38 Census places lie wholly or partly in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. 35 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked. The rest are named here and not linked, because the American Community Survey and the SBA record between them do not carry enough about them to write an honest page. A place existing is itself worth knowing, so nothing in the county is left out.