Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
St. Michael’s typical journey to work is 5 minutes, below both the Alaska town median (21 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than St. Michael. Fort St. Michael is on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Michael has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where St. Michael beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 109 in 1880, a low of 101 in 1890, 456 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1843 and a map from 1952 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Michael, 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 St. Michael.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Bering Strait School District. St. Michael’s only public school teaches 112 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony A. Andrews SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 112 | D |
NCES · EDFacts
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 98% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in St. Michael after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2022. 87% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 5%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than St. Michael. St. Michael: 38% of adults feel lonely. In St. Michael, 36% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 24% report frequent mental distress.
| St. Michael | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | St. Michael | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 44.4% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2.5 miles of trail. Only 4 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a lower trail network density than St. Michael.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
City in Alaska, United States
St. Michael (Central Yupik: Taciq, Inupiaq: Tasiq; Taziq, Russian: Сент-Майкл), historically referred to as Saint Michael, is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2020 census, St. Michael had a population of 456.
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St. Michael has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
