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Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK

FIPS 02164 · population 1,013 · outside every metro area

$238k
ACS owner-reported value · ACS 2024 5-year
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

ACS owner-reported value
$238k
survey estimate; not a current listing or sale price
Census ACS · surveyed
ACS median gross rent
$936
occupied-unit survey; not current asking rent
Census ACS · surveyed
Gross yield
n/a
gross yield cannot be computed without measured market rent
requires both measured price and measured rent
HUD 2-bed standard
$1,030
the Section 8 payment standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Owner-reported value$238k
Surveyed gross rent$936
Rent burden 30%+35.3%
Median year built1986
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
75.8%vacant
1,336estimated housing units
Occupied tenure34.6% renter
owner 65.4%renter 34.6%
Structure mix92.2% single-family
Single-family 92.2%20+ units 0.0%Mobile home 1.1%Other 6.7%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs817▼ 5.8% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments109annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$999▲ 1.4% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities39.6% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−5.8%WEEKLY WAGE+1.4%Trade, transportation, and utilities39.6%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Lake and Peninsula Borough presents an occupancy-and-risk diligence case, not a price-appreciation call. The ACS 2024 5-year survey’s 75.75% vacancy estimate makes property selection and achievable occupancy central, so only operators able to verify property-level leasing, access and condition should investigate; buyers lacking that diligence should be cautious. The record has no Zillow county series or FHFA repeat-transaction index, leaving no measured house-price direction.

02Housing economics

The same ACS survey reports an owner-reported median value of $237,500 for owner-occupied homes and surveyed median gross rent of $936 for occupied units. These are separate survey measures, not current asking or transaction prices or rents, and must not be combined into yield. Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be calculated. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is $1,030, a payment standard rather than market rent. Property-tax rate and median tax are not published, preventing a full carrying-cost calculation.

03Demand & competition

QCEW annual covered employment at county workplaces—not resident employment or unemployment—was 817 and declined 5.77% from the prior annual average; it is a labor-demand constraint, not a forecast. Trade, transportation, and utilities was the largest disclosed private supersector, at 39.58% of private covered jobs, a concentration rather than a description of the whole economy. Thirty tax-return households moved out with average AGI of $73,333; missing inbound figures prevent a net-migration or mover-income comparison. In Realtor.com’s 2026-06 MLS snapshot, four active listings, 157 median days on market, and zero price reductions describe visible supply and seller concessions, not closed-sale prices or buyer demand.

04Risk & next checks

Earthquake is the named dominant hazard, while modeled climate loss equals 0.25% of building value per year; it is an expected-loss ratio, not a property-level loss or insurance quote. Underwriting should obtain property-specific hazard and insurance terms, condition, access and utility evidence. Without current sale comparables or a repeat-sales index, entry valuation and price trend cannot be tested; without investor-purchase data, buyer competition cannot be quantified.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Lake and Peninsula Borough

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Port Alsworth CDP199Newhalen city122Nondalton city103Perryville CDP82Port Heiden city73Iliamna CDP70Egegik city54Igiugig CDP53
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

18 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Port Alsworth CDPCensus-designated place
    199
  2. 02
    Newhalen cityIncorporated place
    122
  3. 03
    Nondalton cityIncorporated place
    103
  4. 04
    Perryville CDPCensus-designated place
    82
  5. 05
    Port Heiden cityIncorporated place
    73
  6. 06
    Iliamna CDPCensus-designated place
    70
  7. 07
    Egegik cityIncorporated place
    54
  8. 08
    Igiugig CDPCensus-designated place
    53
  9. 09
    Pilot Point cityIncorporated place
    48
  10. 10
    Kokhanok CDPCensus-designated place
    39
  11. 11
    Chignik Lagoon CDPCensus-designated place
    29
  12. 12
    Chignik Lake CDPCensus-designated place
    27
Show 6 more places
  1. 13
    Chignik cityIncorporated place
    27
  2. 14
    Pedro Bay CDPCensus-designated place
    14
  3. 15
    Levelock CDPCensus-designated place
    8
  4. 16
    Ugashik CDPCensus-designated place
    4
  5. 17
    Ivanof Bay CDPCensus-designated place
    0
  6. 18
    Pope-Vannoy Landing CDPCensus-designated place
    0

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardearthquake

0.248% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property taxn/a

Annual bill n/a

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migrationn/a

Household flow not published

Arriving vs leaving incomen/a

Income flow not published

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investorsn/a

Purchase mix not published

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings4▼ 20.0% year over year
Median days on market157▼ 32.7% year over year
Listings price-reduced0.0%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▲ 4.9% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

No rent index is published for this county.Zillow’s county rent series does not cover every county, and estimating one from a neighbouring county would be a guess wearing a number’s clothes. Everything above is measured here; no wider market is mapped for it either.
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. The ACS vacancy estimate may not match the target property’s tenure, location or current operating season.
  2. A four-listing MLS snapshot may be too thin to characterize local supply or pricing behavior.
  3. Property-specific earthquake exposure, insurance, tax and condition could materially alter carrying costs.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Can gross yield be calculated from the supplied data?

No. Market rent is not published, and ACS gross rent and HUD FMR cannot be substituted for market rent.

Does the HUD two-bedroom FMR establish asking rent?

No. It is a HUD payment standard, not an estimate of market or asking rent.

Can buyer competition be quantified from this record?

No. The record lacks investor-purchase data, pending listings and closed-sale evidence.