How is Mountain Village run?
Mountain Village’s village government spent $1.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,298 per resident. Water and other utilities ($119,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Mountain Village is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
Lower Yukon School District
Mountain Village’s K–12 school district, shared with Alakanuk, Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kotlik, Marshall and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $43,105 per pupil, $15,346 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.
About $1,298 per resident a year, or $3.56 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 73%.
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$1,298 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Mountain Village’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($1,298 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. Mountain Village spent less than 58% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($53,000), 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; Mountain Village itself left out).
No trend yet
Mountain Village reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Mountain Village
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 55 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (879).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Mountain Village.
- 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
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Mountain Village’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Mountain Village’s government
How much does Mountain Village spend per resident?
About $1,298 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 $1,298 was less than 58% of 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Mountain Village’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mountain Village yet.
How many people work for Mountain Village?
16 full-time and 15 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $68,700 (about $824,400 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Mountain Village in the state legislature?
State Senate District T (Donny Olson) and State House District 39 (Neal Foster). The House district also covers 26 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Mountain Village’s government
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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 →