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Mill Bay, Alaska.

A community in Kodiak Island Borough, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Kodiak Island Borough’s.

Living in Mill Bay, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Mill Bay, in Kodiak Island Borough, had 4,216 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Kodiak Island Borough was 2.4% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Kodiak Island Borough work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,216 in the 2020 census; median age 35.4
Household income Too few homes in Mill Bay for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.4% Kodiak Island Borough, August 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Mill Bay for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,480households
  • 37%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 11 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Kodiak Island Borough work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care32%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Government10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Shops (retail)7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kodiak Island Borough had 5,713 jobs in 2025, 3.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 27°; warmest in August, 61° and 50° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° J 36° 27° F M A M J J A 61° 50° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 27°; warmest in August, 61° and 50° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° J 36° 27° F M A M J J A 61° 50° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 27°; warmest in August, with highs near 61° and lows near 50°. About 43 inches of snow and 76 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kodiak Wwtp weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Kodiak Island Borough

  1. PacificSeafoodSeafood and seafood products manufacturing435
  2. Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictSchool district394FTE
  3. Silver Bay SeafoodsSeafood processing330
  4. Silver Bay SeafoodsSeafood processing316
  5. Alaska Pacific SeafoodsSeafood and seafood products manufacturing191
  6. Prov. Kodiak Island Medical CenterCritical access hospital156FTE
  7. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores133
  8. WalmartDiscount department stores130

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,057 people in all across the county; Mill Bay has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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. EarthquakesVery high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. TsunamisRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mill Bay’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. More on Kodiak Island Borough.