Sitka is a somewhat small coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Alaska. With a population of 8,835 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Sitka is the sixth largest community in Alaska.

Sitka is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sitka is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sitka who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.11%), management occupations (8.62%), and sales jobs (8.02%).

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Sitka, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

One of the nice things about Sitka is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the borough are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Sitka spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the borough are less than they would otherwise be.

Despite being a small borough, Sitka has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Sitka Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sitka is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.55% of adults in Sitka have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sitka in 2000 was $23,622, which is upper middle income relative to Alaska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,488 for a family of four.

Sitka is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Sitka home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sitka is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sitka include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, French, Swedish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Sitka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Pacific Island languages and Other Native American languages.