Pilot Station spent less per resident in 2022 than 88% of similar cities
Pilot Station’s city government spent $441,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $704 per resident. Water and other utilities ($86,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Pilot Station is run
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$704 per resident in 2022: less than 88% of them
Pilot Station’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($704 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 $1,022–$2,776. Pilot Station spent less than 88% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($93,000), 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; Pilot Station itself left out).
About $704 per resident a year, or $1.93 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 34%.
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No trend yet
Pilot Station reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
full-time in March 2025, the same as 20 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.38% of the home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Pilot Station’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Pilot Station’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Pilot Station →
Who’s in charge in Pilot Station
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 31 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (626).
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 Yukon School District
Pilot Station’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Pilot Station.
- 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 Pilot Station’s government
How much does Pilot Station spend per resident?
About $704 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $704 was less than 88% of 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Pilot Station?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.38% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Pilot Station’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Pilot Station yet.
How many people work for Pilot Station?
20 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $196,843 (about $2.4M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Pilot Station 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.
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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 →