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Unalaska, Alaska.

A city in Aleutians West Census Area. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Unalaska, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska

Unalaska is a city of 4,254 people in Aleutians West Census Area. Half its households earn more than $131,964 a year and half less, against $135,500 across Aleutians West Census Area; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 30% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 70% are rented. Unemployment in Aleutians West Census Area was 2.0% in August 2026, and the county had 6.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then transport and warehouses.

People 4,254 in the 2020 census; median age 40.4
Household income $131,964 the median, give or take $15,351 · Aleutians West Census Area: $135,500
Unemployment 2.0% Aleutians West Census Area, August 2026; 2.2% a year before
Homes 30% lived in by their owners; 70% rented
  • 839households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 6 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing38%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities17%
  • Government9%
  • Wholesale9%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%
  • Shops (retail)7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Aleutians West Census Area had 3,462 jobs in 2025, 6.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 29°; warmest in August, 59° and 48° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° J 37° 29° F M A M J J A 59° 48° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 29°; warmest in August, 59° and 48° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° J 37° 29° F M A M J J A 59° 48° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 29°; warmest in August, with highs near 59° and lows near 48°. About 82 inches of snow and 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

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

Largest workplaces in Unalaska

  1. UniSeaSeafood and seafood products manufacturing595
  2. Westward Seafoods - AlyeskaFreezing fish310
  3. Pacific StevedoringStevedoring services123
  4. Matson Navigation of AlaskaShipping freight to and from domestic ports, great lakes system)104
  5. Unalaska City School DistrictSchool district59FTE
  6. Petro StarBulk gasoline stations20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,152 people in all. 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. Volcanic activityVery high
  2. EarthquakesVery high
  3. LandslidesRelatively high
  4. TsunamisRelatively high
  5. Winter weatherRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Unalaska’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.