County profile
Sitka City and Borough, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#2095 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$734.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,174
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
405
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,319
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$101.7k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
34.3%±3.9%
Poverty rate
7.5%±1.5%
Business applications
130 · 2025
Retail establishments
51
60.8/10k 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
Health care33%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation11%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,319
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $91.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−289
International migration+109
Natural change+75
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$523.0M2019
$475.3M2020
$566.8M2021
$621.3M2022
$700.1M2023
$734.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$450.3k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±3.4%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
10 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Volcanic 94Avalanche 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3122016
3152017
3202018
3292019
3392020
3602021
4002022
4702023
5342024
5002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 2021142021
132022
102023
112024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
690.5 km
I-2
Nearest freight rail
37.0 km
ARR
Nearest port
12.0 km
ALASKA FERRY TERMINAL (SITKA)
Nearest commercial airport
20.6 km
SITKA ROCKY GUTIERREZ
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.9k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sitka City and Borough?
Sitka City and Borough's economy produced $734.7M in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.