Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tanana’s average commute is 5 minutes, against 21 minutes in Alaska’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a lower rent at the middle of the market than Tanana. Tanana Mission is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tanana has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Tanana beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 27 in 1880, a peak of 406 in 1970, 246 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and a map from 1952 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tanana, 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 Tanana.
Its public schools are run by the Yukon-Koyukuk School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maudrey J. Sommer SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 24 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The natural-hazard score from FEMA in Tanana is 61 of 100. Federal aid has come to Tanana households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2013. 69% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by avalanches at 10%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Only 2 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Tanana. Nearly two fifths of Tanana adults sleep under 7 hours. Against the Alaska average, Tanana comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 19. In Tanana, 16% of adults have diabetes, and 19% report frequent physical distress.
| Tanana | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 8.8% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Tanana | AK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 73.1% | 68% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.9% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
9.3 miles of trail. The density of trails for Tanana comes to 0.6 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Tanana; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Tanana residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
3 notable people were born in Tanana.
City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in Alaska, United States
Tanana (Hohudodetlaatl Denh in Koyukon) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, Tanana had a population of 246. It was formerly known as Clachotin, adopted by Canadian French. Jules Jetté (1864–1927), a Jesuit missionary who worked in the area and documented the language, recorded the Koyukon Athabascan name for the village as Hohudodetlaatl Denh, literally, ‘where the area has been chopped’. Several residents are chronicled in the 2012 Discovery Channel TV series Yukon Men. Almost 80% of the town's population are Native Americans, traditionally Koyukon (Denaakk'e) speakers of the large Athabaskan (Dené) language family.
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Tanana has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
3 notable people were born here, including Walter Harper and Kathleen Carlo-Kendall.
