Signature · 2.7% SNAP (0th pct in AK)
Skagway Municipality, AK
Skagway Municipality lands in the lower national band on low-access (0.3%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 0.3%
- low-access pop.
- 0
- food-desert tracts
- 2.7%
- on SNAP
- 1K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Skagway Municipality, AK
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-NONE · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-CLEAR
- LA-ADEQUATE 0.3% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -21.8 pts vs US
- LILA-NONE 0 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 2.7% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-CLEAR 0% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Yakutat City and Borough (+ 0.0 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Skagway Municipality lands in the lower national band (0.3%, #3,060 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #3,060
- national by low-access %
- #26
- in AK
- 0
- low-access tracts
- 1
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 2.7% SNAP (0th pct in AK) (-9.4 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Skagway Municipality compares nationally
Food access in Skagway Municipality compares favorably nationally: its 0.3% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 2% of them (rank #3,060).
Skagway Municipality's lower-band USDA tier split
1 census tracts grouped by USDA classification .
All 1 of Skagway Municipality's tracts are rural in the USDA classification, so every one is judged on the 10-mile test: a resident counts as low-access only when the nearest supermarket is more than 10 miles away.
Skagway Municipality vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Alaska, not a full county-board reprint
- Lake and Peni…
Lake and Peni… 100%
100 % low-access
- Petersburg 4.4
Petersburg 4.4%
4.4 % low-access
- Ketchikan Gat… 1.6
Ketchikan Gat… 1.6%
1.6 % low-access
- Skagway 0.3
Skagway 0.3%
0.3 % low-access
- Yakutat City … 0.3
Yakutat City … 0.3%
0.3 % low-access
- Kusilvak 0
Kusilvak 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 1 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 968 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 0 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 0 |
| Low-Access Population | 3 |
| Low-Access Share | 0.3%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 1 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,244 |
| Median Household Income | $81,136 |
| Poverty Rate | 5.9%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 12 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 2.7%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.0%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 20.7% |
Other Counties in Alaska
One of 29 counties in Alaska, 6 are shown here.
Compare Skagway Municipality vs Aleutians East Borough → · All Alaska counties →
Alaska among Pacific states
Alaska ranks 1st of 5 Pacific states by population-weighted low-access (30.9%). Skagway Municipality, at 0.3%, runs 30.6 pts below the Alaska rate.
- Alaska 30.9%
- Hawaii 26.7%
- Washington 23.1%
- Oregon 16.9%
- California 13.3%
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Skagway Municipality, AK are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 02230. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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