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Deltana, Alaska.

A community in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Deltana, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

Deltana, in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, had 2,359 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $91,923 a year and half less, against $73,882 across Southeast Fairbanks Census Area; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% are rented. Unemployment in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area work in government, then farming.

People 2,359 in the 2020 census
Household income $91,923 the median, give or take $18,406 · Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: $73,882
Unemployment 5.2% Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, August 2026; 5.8% a year before
Homes 88% lived in by their owners; 12% rented
  • 834households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What people in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area work in

  • Government18%
  • Farming, forestry and mining18%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care15%
  • Building trades12%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Professional and business services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area had 3,093 jobs in 2025, 2.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 5° and -13°; warmest in July, 71° and 46° -20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 5° -13° F M A M J J 71° 46° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 5° and -13°; warmest in July, 71° and 46° -20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 5° -13° F M A M J J 71° 46° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 5° and lows near -13°; warmest in July, with highs near 71° and lows near 46°. About 42 inches of snow and 12 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Delta Junction Southeast weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

  1. Delta/Greely School DistrictSchool district111FTE
  2. Alaska Gateway School DistrictSchool district89FTE
  3. Upper Tanana Health CenterCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient46
  4. First Student35

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 81 people in all across the county; Deltana has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. WildfireVery high
  3. Winter weatherVery high
  4. EarthquakesVery high
  5. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  6. AvalanchesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Deltana’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.