Edna BayAK
The town, settled in 1943, counts 26 residents.
Is Edna Bay a good place to live?
Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Edna Bay. 64% of the land in Edna Bay is conserved, where Alaska’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Tongass National Forest, at 13,213 acres with 19.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Edna Bay has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
26 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to Edna Bay: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edna Bay, 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.
The data
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Edna Bay has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
Across 1 park or preserve: 19 miles of trail. In Edna Bay, the concentration of trails is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tongass National Forest | 19.2 mi | 13,213 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Edna Bay is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
Edna Bay’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 1 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 48% come from inland flooding and 17% from landslides. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Alaska and the rest of the country, more of Edna Bay’s adults report frequent physical distress
For adults in Edna Bay, the share who have diabetes is 12%. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Edna Bay. CDC measures, 32 in all: Edna Bay beats Alaska on 1 and trails on 11. Only 2 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Edna Bay.
| Edna Bay | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 68% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Edna Bay | AK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 72.9% | 68% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Edna Bay
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Edna Bay; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Edna Bay residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
About Edna Bay
City in Alaska, United States
Edna Bay is a city on Kosciusko Island in the unorganized borough, and for census purposes in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The community was officially incorporated on October 13, 2014, and has a population of 51 permanent residents and 12 part-time residents as of January 2024. Edna Bay is the only populated town on Kosciusko Island, and has both year-round and part-time residents. Year-round residents are either retired or work primarily in the fishing and logging industries. Some permanent residents also work seasonally off-island in various industries. Due to the very remote location of Edna Bay and the subsequent difficulty and expense of traveling…
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- Established
- 2014
- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
Questions about Edna Bay
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Edna Bay, AK a good place to live?
Edna Bay has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.