Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Sand Point’s mean commuting time is 6 minutes, below both the Alaska town median (21 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Among 42 Alaska towns, just one has a lower typical July afternoon high than Sand Point. St. Nicholas Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places. Sand Point has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Sand Point beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 16 in 1900, a peak of 976 in 2010, 578 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1893 and a map from 1963 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sand Point, 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 Sand Point.
One declared disaster, in 1999, has brought federal aid to Sand Point households. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 58% come from tsunamis and 22% from volcanic activity. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Aleutians East Borough School District. Enrollment at Sand Point’s public school: 85 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Point SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 85 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who worry about having enough food than Sand Point. The share of adults in Sand Point who sleep under 7 hours: 43%. Only 3 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Sand Point. The town does better than the Alaska average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 16.
| Sand Point | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 68% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sand Point | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 23.7% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
14 miles of trail. Sand Point’s trail density stands at 0.5 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
City in Alaska, United States
Sand Point, also known as Popof Island, is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 976, up from 952 in 2000, but by the 2020 Census this had reduced to 578. It is on northwestern Popof Island, one of the Shumagin Islands, off the Alaska Peninsula. It is the borough seat of Aleutians East Borough, and is near the entrance to the Bering Sea. The Aleutians East Borough School District is in Southwestern Alaska along the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Chain The District was formed in 1988 from smaller districts that consolidated and formed a Borough with taxing authority. The Borough and District boundaries are the same, and stretch over app…
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Sand Point has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
