County profile
Aleutians East Borough, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#2724 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$288.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-35.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,986
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
62
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$72.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,479
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$9.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±4.9%
Poverty rate
13.2%±3.0%
Business applications
13 · 2025
Retail establishments
5
14.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing93%
Health care2%
Retail trade2%
Food & accommodation1%
Transportation1%
Real estate1%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,479
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−273
International migration+325
Natural change−8
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$314.3M2019
$264.6M2020
$304.7M2021
$335.2M2022
$451.0M2023
$288.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.5k±$30.4k
Median gross rent
$979/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
16.1%±0.8%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Volcanic 98Landslide 98Earthquake 75
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
02022
12023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
896.9 km
I-1
Nearest freight rail
998.2 km
ARR
Nearest port
28.4 km
BELKOFSKI VILLAGE
Nearest commercial airport
49.1 km
COLD BAY
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,171,539 short tons/yr · Unalaska Island, AK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$72.4k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Aleutians East Borough?
Aleutians East Borough's economy produced $288.9M in 2024, contracting 35.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.