Alaska

Sitka City and Borough

Snapshot

Population by ethnic group, from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

European: 61.5%
Other: 13.3%
Native American: 11.5%
Hispanic: 6.9%
East Asian: 6.8%

Compared with Alaska and the United States

Sitka City and Boroughnext to the state and national figures used elsewhere on this site. A dash means the figure isn’t published at that level of geography.

Metric	Sitka City and Borough	Alaska	United States
Non-Hispanic White	61.5%	56.7%	58%
American Indian and Alaska Native	11.5%	14.7%	—
Hispanic	6.9%	8.2%	—
East Asian	6.8%	1.8%	—
Indian	0.8%	0.2%	—
Black or African American	0.6%	2.9%	—

Cost of living

Incomes and housing costs in Sitka City and Borough next to Alaska and the nation. Price levels are published for states, not counties.

Metric	Sitka City and Borough	Alaska	United States
Price level (US = 100)	—	102.4 (+2.4%)	100.0 (+0.0%)
Housing price level (US = 100)	—	93.8 (−6.2%)	100.0 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$101,727	$92,788	$80,734
Median home value	$450,300	$352,900	$332,700
Home price to income	4.4×	3.8×	4.1×
Median gross rent	$1,341/mo	$1,419/mo	$1,413/mo
Rent to income	15.8%	18.4%	21.0%