Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 402 residents, this town was settled in 1880.
Russian Mission’s average commute is 5 minutes, where Alaska’s towns sit at 21 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Russian Mission. Russian Mission has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 148 in 1880, a low of 34 in 1940, 421 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and a map from 1952 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Russian Mission, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Russian Mission.
Only 3 of the 41 Alaska towns we compare have a lower FEMA hazard score than Russian Mission. 98% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves. One declared disaster, in 2023, has brought federal aid to Russian Mission households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools: the Lower Yukon School District. Its one school is below. Russian Mission’s only public school teaches 118 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Mission SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 118 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts
CDC measures, 32 in all: Russian Mission beats Alaska on 1 and trails on 26. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Russian Mission, and on top of that among adults here, 36% get no exercise outside work. Only 2 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Russian Mission.
| Russian Mission | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 18% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Russian Mission | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 46% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2.4 miles of trail. The density of trails for Russian Mission comes to 0.4 miles per square mile.
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City in Alaska, United States
Russian Mission (Central Yupik: Iqugmiut; Russian: Икогмют - Ikogmiut, now Рашен-Мишен) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska. It was the location of a fur trading post of the Russian-American Company in 1842. After the sale of Russian-American possessions to the United States in 1867, it was officially named Russian Mission in the early 1900s. The sale of alcohol is prohibited. At the 2020 census the population was 421, up from 312 in 2010.
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Russian Mission has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.