Aleutians East Borough presents a verification case rather than a price-appreciation or cash-flow case: annual average covered jobs rose 5.70% to 1,835, yet tax-return migration was negative and the county evidence base is thin. Investigative buyers should determine whether workplace growth produces durable resident tenancy; cautious buyers need property-level insurance, condition and lease evidence before relying on county averages.
ACS 2024 5-year survey context shows a $135,500 owner-reported median value for owner-occupied homes and $979 median gross rent among occupied units. These are different surveyed populations, not current transaction or asking measures, and cannot be combined into gross yield. Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed; HUD’s $1,385 two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not asking rent. Vacancy was 16.06%, while single-family structures represented 73.25% of stock. The effective property-tax rate was 0.15%, with a $199 median annual tax; both are carrying-cost inputs, not evidence of rent coverage.
QCEW’s 2025 annual workplace series reports 90 covered establishments and a $1,385 average weekly wage, up 0.87%; it is neither resident employment nor an unemployment measure. Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, yet its disclosed employment share is only 3.53% of total private covered jobs, so it does not characterize the entire economy. Tax-return migration recorded a net 39 households leaving, and departing movers’ average income exceeded entrants’ by $6,310. This pairing complicates the labor signal and calls for employer, tenancy, and buyer-origin diligence.
Earthquake is the dominant hazard, and modeled climate loss equals 0.64% of building value annually; that model should be tested against parcel exposure, deductibles, availability and replacement cost rather than translated into dollars. No Zillow county series, FHFA repeat-transaction index, or Realtor.com MLS listing data is published here, preventing a test of current price direction, visible supply, marketing time and seller concessions. Absent investor-purchase share, current market rent, and property-level insurance and condition data also leave competition, yield and resilience unproven.