Eek, Alaska

Population

Down 4.5% since 2020.

384

people, the 77th-largest of Alaska's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Alaska's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is down 27% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$481

a month. Alaska's median is $1,419.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $937 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Bethel Census Area.

• $741 Tract 1
• $1,678 Tract 2

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

43% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 43% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 65% less than Alaska's.

$123,200

median home value in Eek.

• $123,200 Eek
• $352,900 Alaska
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year