Skagway, Alaska

Skagway population, land area and income

Skagway had 1,119 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 442.9 square miles of land. It ranks 28th of 30 in Alaska by population and 30th by land area. That works out to 2.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents, so Skagway has 18% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $79,412 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Skagway's population changed since 2020

Skagway lost 121 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 9.8%. That ranks 30th of 30 in Alaska for growth. The median Alaska county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +1.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Skagway recorded 38 births and 30 deaths, a natural change of +8. Net international migration added +22 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -153. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 153 people.

Where Skagway is

The Census internal point of Skagway is at 59.560400, -135.338300. It sits in UTM zone 8N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Skagway outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Skagway

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Skagway. Its 1,119 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Skagway

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 1 neighbor for Skagway. The most populous is Haines, AK, with 2,104 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Haines

  2,104 people

  33 mi SSW

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 93.0 miles SSE of Skagway's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 488.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Juneau, AK (population 31,572), 91.8 miles away.

Skagway FIPS code

The FIPS code of Skagway is 02230: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 230. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $79,412.