How is Port Heiden run?
Port Heiden’s city government spent $943,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $9,337 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Port Heiden didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Port Heiden is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Lake and Peninsula Borough School District
Port Heiden’s K–12 school district, shared with Chignik, Egegik, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pilot Point. The schools are run by Port Heiden, so this money is part of the budget above.
Of the $60,416 per pupil, $28,678 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 $9,337 per resident a year, or $25.58 a day
Schools are part of the city’s budget, so they lead the receipt: 84% of day-to-day spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Port Heiden runs its own schools, so school spending is part of this budget.
Port Heiden didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Port Heiden yet
Every year of Port Heiden’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Port Heiden
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 34 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 (101).
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 Port Heiden.
- 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 Port Heiden’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Port Heiden’s government
How much does Port Heiden spend per resident?
About $9,337 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Port Heiden didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.1 million.
Who runs Port Heiden’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Port Heiden yet.
How many people work for Port Heiden?
3 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $30,716 (about $368,592 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Port Heiden in the state legislature?
State Senate District S (Lyman Hoffman) and State House District 37 (Bryce Edgmon). The House district also covers 28 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 (for Port Heiden, the Bureau’s estimates); 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 →