Photo: Public domain · Public domainSt. Paul spent more per resident in 2022 than 90% of similar cities
St. Paul’s city government spent $1.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $4,267 per resident. Water and other utilities ($259,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how St. Paul is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
$4,326 per resident in 2022: more than 90% of them
St. Paul’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($4,326 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 $1,751, and the middle half spent $992–$2,734. St. Paul spent more than 90% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($108,000), 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; St. Paul itself left out).
About $4,267 per resident a year, or $11.69 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 42%.
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Day-to-day spending is down 21% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years St. Paul reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $4,326 · 2023: $8,591 · 2024: $4,267. Per resident it went from $4,326 to $4,267 (down 1%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 485 to 390.
full-time in March 2025, down from 37 in 2022.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
Who’s in charge in St. Paul
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 16 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (390).
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.
Pribilof School District
St. Paul’s K–12 school district, shared with St. George. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $43,672 per pupil, $15,897 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 St. Paul.
- 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.
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Questions about St. Paul’s government
How much does St. Paul spend per resident?
About $4,267 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $4,326 was more than 90% of 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs St. Paul’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for St. Paul yet.
How many people work for St. Paul?
24 full-time and 0 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $97,480 (about $1.2M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents St. Paul 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; 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 →