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A town in Alaska, home to 129 people.
Eareckson Station’s average commute is 6 minutes, where Alaska’s towns sit at 21 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Eareckson Station has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Census counts: 124 in 1960, a peak of 1,131 in 1970, 232 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1986 and a map from 1952 on.
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Ordered by what stands out in Eareckson Station.
Here, nearly a quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 32% in Alaska as a whole. In Eareckson Station, the midpoint age is 40 years.
| Eareckson Station | Typical Alaska town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 28% | 29% |
| Median age | 40 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
Somewhere between 4% and 35% women
The Census survey reached too few of Eareckson Station’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.5 points. Across Alaska, 47.5% of residents are women.
| Eareckson Station | AK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 13.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 23.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.3% | 15.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 23.3% | 14.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 11.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.6% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 4.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.3% | 28.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.3% | 24% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.2% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 1% | 11.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
Expected losses in Eareckson Station break down as 93% from tsunamis and 7% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Eareckson Station. Eareckson Station: 20% of adults report frequent mental distress. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Eareckson Station.
| Eareckson Station | Typical Alaska town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 2.1% | 8.8% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Eareckson Station | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 0.9% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 4.2% | 23.3% |
| More binge drinkers | 30.7% | 17.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Eareckson Station is unincorporated, so Aleutians West Census Area and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
US Air Force military airport on Shemya island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Eareckson Air Station (IATA: SYA, ICAO: PASY), formerly Shemya Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. The airport was closed as an active Air Force Station on 1 July 1994. However, it is still owned by the USAF and is operated by the USAF Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center at Elmendorf AFB for refueling purposes. It also serves as a diversion airport for civilian aircraft. The base previously hosted the AN/FPS-17 and since 1977 the more powerful AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE phased-array radar.
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