Alaska / AIANNHCE 6450 / Alaska Native area

Eklutna

The full tribal profile includes the report map, demographic tables, broadband tables, FCC provider sections, and interactive charts.

93.3%25/3 availability

80.0%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

6Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Eklutna within Alaska, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Alaska Native Village in Alaska, centered on Eklutna Native Village, . FCC BDC records show 6 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers across roughly 30 service locations, with current availability of 93.3% at 25/3 Mbps, 80.0% at 100/20, and 80.0% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

In Alaska, Eklutna has tribal lands managed by a federally recognized tribe. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: eklutna-nsn.gov

To empower Idlughet Qayeht’ana (Eklutna Village Dena’ina) by promoting the history, culture and identity of our sovereign nation, and to assist in the education and well-being of our Tribe. As a community member along the Glenn Highway, Including Eklutna, Eagle River, Palmer, Chugiak, Peters Creek, and surrounding communities, you can access healthcare services at Eklutna Community Clinic. The video below was shown at the NVE Annual Meeting on 4/9/2022. Current open employment opportunities are on the JOBS page.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	68	58	73	73	71	84
Households	28	17	22	20	20	18
Median age	55.6	41.5	41.9	41.9	41.5	41.2
Male / Female	57.4% / 42.6%	69.0% / 31.0%	69.9% / 30.1%	60.3% / 39.7%	64.8% / 35.2%	61.9% / 38.1%
Avg. household size	2.43	3.41	3.32	3.65	3.55	4.67
Pop. density (per sq mi)	15.1	12.9	16.2	16.2	15.7	18.6
HH density (per sq mi)	6.2	3.8	4.9	4.4	4.4	4.0

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$14,792	$15,625	$20,000	—	—	—
Per capita income	$7,519	$7,103	$13,438	$16,588	$18,044	$22,137
Poverty rate	88.2%	53.4%	41.1%	30.1%	29.6%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	45.2%	31.6%	30.0%	23.8%	27.3%	26.5%
HS diploma or higher	87.0%	94.3%	94.1%	94.2%	86.0%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	—	—	—	—	3.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Queried by AIANNHCE code. Population and household density are calculated from Census population or households divided by land area in square miles.

Table 3. Download/Upload Speeds (Mbps)

Period	Download	Upload
2019Q1	93.8 Mbps	33.6 Mbps
2019Q2	75.7 Mbps	50.0 Mbps
2019Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q4	14.0 Mbps	4.4 Mbps
2020Q1	82.8 Mbps	11.8 Mbps
2020Q2	7.7 Mbps	3.9 Mbps
2020Q3	145.9 Mbps	16.3 Mbps
2020Q4	106.2 Mbps	10.6 Mbps
2021Q1	217.1 Mbps	22.1 Mbps
2021Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q4	91.6 Mbps	38.2 Mbps
2022Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2023Q1	11.0 Mbps	74.9 Mbps
2023Q2	35.4 Mbps	8.7 Mbps
2023Q3	125.2 Mbps	180.5 Mbps
2023Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q3	15.4 Mbps	3.8 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	98.4%	98.4%	0.0%
2016	98.4%	98.4%	0.0%
2017	98.4%	98.4%	0.0%
2018	98.4%	98.4%	0.0%
2019	98.4%	98.4%	0.0%
2020	98.4%	98.4%	0.0%
2021	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	73.3%	73.3%	73.3%
2023	80.0%	80.0%	80.0%
2024	93.3%	80.0%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	7.7%	0.0%
2018	10.5%	0.0%
2019	7.1%	0.0%
2020	23.5%	7.7%
2021	31.8%	18.2%
2022	35.0%	50.0%
2023	35.0%	25.0%
2024	55.6%	50.0%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	93.3%
100/20 Mbps	80.0%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	93.3%	92%
100/20 Mbps	80.0%	85%
Adoption	55.6%	78%

Sources: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Ookla Open Data Initiative, and U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. National benchmarks are carried over from the report comparison section.

Figure 2. Speed Trends (2019–2024)

Figure 3. Availability (2015–2025)

Figure 4. Adoption (2017–2024)

Figure 5. Current Status (2024)

Figure 6. Comparison with National Averages

Figure 7. Fixed Coverage by Technology (25/3 Mbps)

Figure 8. Mobile Area Coverage

Notes: speed trends reflect quarterly mean throughput. Availability shows the share of population with access. Tooltips on the charts expose the underlying values for each series.

Table 8. Broadband Provider Summary

Metric	Value
Fixed broadband providers	6
Mobile broadband providers	3
Broadband serviceable locations	30

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
AT&T Inc.	AT&T Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	GCI Holdings LLC
Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—

Table 10. Fixed Coverage by Technology (% of locations)

Technology	25/3	100/20	250/25	1 Gbps
Any Technology	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	63.3%
Fiber	63.3%	63.3%	63.3%	63.3%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Satellite	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Table 11. Mobile Coverage (% of area)

Technology	Coverage
4G LTE	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	60.7%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	23.9%
Total area (sq mi)	24.648

Table 8. Coverage by Tier and Technology (% of locations)

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	63.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	63.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.0	60.6	60.6
Any Terrestrial	63.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6
Copper	63.6	60.6	15.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.6
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	64.5	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	64.5	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	61.3	61.3
Any Terrestrial	64.5	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3
Copper	64.5	61.3	12.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3	61.3
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	61.3	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	61.3	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	58.1	58.1
Any Terrestrial	61.3	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1
Copper	58.1	54.8	29.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	67.7	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	67.7	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	64.5	64.5
Any Terrestrial	67.7	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
Copper	61.3	58.1	32.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
All Wired	67.7	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	67.7	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	64.5	64.5
Any Terrestrial	67.7	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
Copper	61.3	58.1	32.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5	64.5
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25	1000/100
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	66.7	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	66.7	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	63.3
Any Terrestrial	66.7	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3
Copper	60.0	56.7	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3	63.3
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 filing vintage. Coverage values show the share of residential broadband serviceable locations by technology and speed tier across D22, J23, D23, J24, D24, and J25 filings.

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 Filing (J25). Fixed coverage shows the share of residential broadband serviceable locations, and mobile coverage shows the share of tribal land area.