Skagway Municipality, AK
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 59.56, -135.34.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 2nd pct · 3,148th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 3rd pct · 29th of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
- 80th pct · 640th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 44th pct · 17th of 30 Alaska counties · median $1,272
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- Alaska counties: not published this period
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Alaska counties: not published this period
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Alaska counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
511 jobs at 113 employers (2026 Q1); +2.8% jobs and +4.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 2nd pct · 3,148th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 3rd pct · 29th of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Skagway Municipality, AK | 511 jobs · $1,239/wk · +2.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 86 | $878 | 1.73 | -10.4% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 39 | $1,712 | 4.64 | +11.4% |
| Accommodation and food services | 36 | $812 | 0.78 | +5.9% |
| Other services | 20 | $527 | 1.31 | -4.8% |
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld | |||
| Administrative and waste services | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D0 abnormally dry
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
1 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 1, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| GLACIAL LAKE 2.5 MI N OF NUGGET C NR AUKE BAY AK | 916.7 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 131 km |
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
5 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 88 % · 3 stale
Sites found: 5, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| KLEHINI R NR KLUKWAN AK | flow 2,730 ft³/s · quality 75 % (4) | 41 km |
| TAIYA R NR SKAGWAY AK | flow 2,850 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 5 km |
| GOAT LK OUTLET NR SKAGWAY AK | flow 31.0 ft³/s · STALE | 10 km |
| UPPER CHILKOOT LK OUTLET NR HAINES AK | flow 31.0 ft³/s · STALE | 24 km |
| KAKUHAN C NR HAINES AK | flow 12.0 ft³/s · STALE | 62 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.05)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.13 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$50.1 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $45.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $30.2 m, grants $8.8 m), $88,290 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $50.1 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Skagway, AK | $45.1 m FY2026 · $88,290/job | |
| HAMILTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC | $22.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $50,055,000 | 100.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 10,000 across 1 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 1 banks with deposits in the county = 100.0² = 10,000
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $22,848,100 |
| Department of Transportation | $7,432,385 |
| Department of the Interior | $6,416,646 |
| Social Security Administration | $3,696,537 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,406,888 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1,345,412 |
| General Services Administration | $954,957 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $556,198 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $429,415 |
| Department of Education | $28,846 |
| Department of Agriculture | $855 |
That is $88,290 per covered job, against 511 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $45.1 m / 511 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $88,290
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 12.28 | 2026-10-04 | -0.1% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-05 | +0.1% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -88,576.00 | 2026-07-01 | -24.4% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Skagway Municipality, AK: 8 findings, 1 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchSkagway Municipality, AK's average weekly wage of $1,239 scores 80 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 45 across Alaska counties, a gap of 35 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 35 = |80 across US counties - 45 across Alaska counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSkagway Municipality, AK's average weekly wage was 4.8% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +4.8 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteSkagway Municipality, AK's covered employment was 2.8% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +2.8 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteSkagway Municipality, AK's momentum index of 0.87 ranks 1st of 30 Alaska counties, against a median of 0.11.
Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 30 Alaska counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSkagway Municipality, AK's momentum index of 0.87 ranks 45th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.
Show the arithmetic
- 99 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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