Alakanuk is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Alakanuk, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Alakanuk have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Alakanuk were 100 people, 43 would be kids under 18
Alakanuk is home to about 718 people (2025 Census estimate). The 2010 and 2020 censuses put the change at +12%. A bachelor’s degree or more: 1 in every 100 adults 25 and older. For every 100 workers, 0 work from home, beside 10 across AK.
Median age 21.6 (AK 35.8).
About 131 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.5 points). Among residents 45 to 54, 81% are women (AK 47%).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 6 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Alakanuk says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Alakanuk
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Alakanuk’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Alakanuk or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Alakanuk in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.