How Chefornak is run
Chefornak spent $1.4 million in the year to June 30, 2022, about $2,942 per resident.
What stands out about how Chefornak is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $2,942 per resident a year, or $8.06 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 66% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.16% of the home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Chefornak’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Lower Kuskokwim School District
Chefornak’s K–12 school district, shared with Bethel, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Mekoryuk and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $45,371 per pupil, $13,034 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Chefornak
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Chefornak yet. Neighbors can add them.
Spending has held about steady since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
One full-time town employee for every 93 residents
On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Chefornak.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Chefornak’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Chefornak is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.