Town guide

Birch Creek, Alaska

Birch Creek is a community in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska across 8.1 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 99730.

Homes sold for a median of $131 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.

Price per sq ft$131Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Sold over asking0%Latest 3 months

ZIP codes in Birch Creek

1 ZIP code, 1 shared with neighboring towns

Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Birch Creek. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology

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Around Birch Creek

Distances

Nearest major airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)338 miles away
Closer regional airportFort Yukon Airport (FYU)77 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+Anchorage, AK328 miles away

Straight-line distances from the center of Birch Creek; driving is longer.

Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Who represents Birch Creek

Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.

Population over time

Birch Creek had 35 residents in the 2020 census, up 25% since 2000.

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area grew from 4,097 residents in 1960 to 5,343 in 2020.

Birch Creek population by census2000: 28, 2010: 33, 2020: 35282000332010352020

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, 1960–2020

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area population, 1960 to 20201960: 4,097, 1970: 4,752, 1980: 7,873, 1990: 8,478, 2000: 6,551, 2010: 5,588, 2020: 5,3434K’605K’708K’808K’907K’006K’105K’20

Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).

Weather by month

Average highs peak around 72°F in summer, and winter lows average -23°F. About 12 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.

Average high and low temperature and precipitation by month near Birch CreekJan: high -9°F, low -23°F, 0.4 in; Feb: high 1°F, low -19°F, 0.3 in; Mar: high 15°F, low -13°F, 0.2 in; Apr: high 40°F, low 11°F, 0.3 in; May: high 59°F, low 31°F, 0.7 in; Jun: high 71°F, low 42°F, 2.6 in; Jul: high 72°F, low 45°F, 2.6 in; Aug: high 65°F, low 39°F, 1.8 in; Sep: high 52°F, low 28°F, 1.4 in; Oct: high 27°F, low 10°F, 0.8 in; Nov: high 4°F, low -12°F, 0.4 in; Dec: high -4°F, low -20°F, 0.5 in-9°-23°Jan0.41°-19°Feb0.315°-13°Mar0.240°11°Apr0.359°31°May0.771°42°Jun2.672°45°Jul2.665°39°Aug1.852°28°Sep1.427°10°Oct0.84°-12°Nov0.4-4°-20°Dec0.5Rain and melted snow, inches

Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Circle Hot Springs, AK weather station (4 miles away).

Jobs in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

268 jobs at 92 businesses in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. The biggest industries by employees:

Largest industries in Yukon-Koyukuk Census AreaRetail trade: 105 jobs; Health care and social assistance: 27 jobs; Construction: 25 jobs; Utilities: 18 jobs; Hotels and restaurants: 18 jobs; Transportation and warehousing: 15 jobs; Other services: 15 jobs; Wholesale trade: 9 jobsRetail trade 39% Health care and social assistance 10% Construction 9% Utilities 7% Hotels and restaurants 7% Transportation and warehousing 6% Other services 6% Wholesale trade 3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).

Health care

1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Birch Creek.

Providers with an office here

Primary care doctors1

Source: providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.

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