Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

• Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
• Below the state median: Median household income runs $31,382 (33.8%) under the Alaska median, so statewide income averages overstate local household buying power.
• Elevated poverty: At 14.2%, the rate is in economically distressed territory and supports federal funding narratives (CDFI, NMTC, EDA).
• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 11.1 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
• Aging population: Median age of 50 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest private-sector industry: Retail Trade employs 81 workers (38.4% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $30,672. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 448 and is counted separately.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $144M (2024).

• Top specialization: Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation concentrates at 166.68x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 4.3x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 72% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 47.3% of housing units are vacant, above the Alaska rate of 17.6%, and down from 51.9% in 2019.
• Mostly second homes: seasonal, recreational and occasional-use units are 67.8% of vacant units, so the headline rate is not available supply.
• Genuinely available supply: units listed for rent or for sale are 3.2% of the vacant stock, or 1.5% of all housing units against the 47.3% headline vacancy rate. Absorbable supply for an incoming employer is thin, and the gap between the two is the redevelopment and conversion opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 2 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes sit below what a household on the median renter income of $52,813 can pay without cost burden (~$1,320/mo), and 31.3% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened.

• Succession risk is real: 23.1% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Healthy participation: 62.7% labor force participation reflects a steady, available local workforce.
• Talent pipeline: no college, university, or technical school is located in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area per the IPEDS institutional directory, so any training pipeline serving it runs through institutions outside the county.

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area shows strong potential for scenic and sightseeing transportation attraction, with a 166.68x concentration and 22 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 23.1% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.