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The best of Dillingham’s subject grades is an A for civic life; the weakest is a C for incomes. Dillingham’s average trip to work is 10 minutes, below both Alaska’s towns (21 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 19 Alaska towns we compare, none has a lower property crime rate than Dillingham. Only 6 of Alaska’s 69 towns score lower on the outdoors. Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel and Pilgrim 100B Aircraft is on the National Register of Historic Places. Dillingham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Dillingham beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alaska), ordered by how far Dillingham is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1977.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dillingham, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Dillingham.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Dillingham City School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dillingham ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 180 | C |
| Dillingham Middle/High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 223 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AK on state tests and graduation
Dillingham's reported crime rate is well below Alaska's. At 1.9 per 1,000 residents, Dillingham’s violent crime rate is below the Alaska town median (3.4) and near the median of U.S. towns (1.6).
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Alaska average. 27% of residents are under 18 in Dillingham. Dillingham has lost 7.8% of its people since 2020, down to 2,075 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Dillingham | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 13% | 18% |
| Median age | 35.5 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 28% | 29% |
Somewhere between 32% and 66% women
The Census survey reached too few of Dillingham’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±17.1 points. Across Alaska, 47.5% of residents are women.
| Dillingham | AK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.9% | 13.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 15.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 14.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.8% | 11.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.3% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 4.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.3% | 28.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.9% | 24% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.6% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 11.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
4.3 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Dillingham is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Dillingham | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 15% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Dillingham beats the Alaska average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 64% of Dillingham adults had a checkup this year. Only 3 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Dillingham.
| Dillingham | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 64% | 68% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Dillingham | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 12.3% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Town in Alaska
Dillingham (Central Yupik: Curyung), also known as Curyung, is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1963, it is an important commercial fishing port on Nushagak Bay. As per the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,249, down from 2,329 in 2010.
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2 notable people were born here, including Todd Palin and Bryce Edgmon.