Photo: Porkypinekiwi · CC BY-SA 3.0Eek spent less per resident in 2022 than 73% of similar cities
Eek’s city government spent $321,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,022 per resident. Water and other utilities ($185,000) are counted separately.
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$1,022 per resident in 2022: less than 73% of them
Eek’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($1,022 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,761, and the middle half spent $992–$2,776. Eek spent less than 73% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($89,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Eek itself left out).
About $1,022 per resident a year, or $2.80 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 30%.
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No trend yet
Eek reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
full-time in March 2025, down from 6 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Who’s in charge in Eek
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 79 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (314).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Lower Kuskokwim School District
Eek’s K–12 school district, shared with Bethel, Chefornak, Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Mekoryuk and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $45,371 per pupil, $13,034 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Eek.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
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Questions about Eek’s government
How much does Eek spend per resident?
About $1,022 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $1,022 was less than 73% of 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Eek’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Eek yet.
How many people work for Eek?
4 full-time and 18 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $63,970 (about $767,640 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Eek in the state legislature?
State Senate District S (Lyman Hoffman) and State House District 38 (Nellie Jimmie). The House district also covers 12 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →