Akutan vs False Pass

A side-by-side comparison of Akutan and False Pass: population, income, housing, and more.

Akutan and False Pass are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Akutan has the higher population (737 vs 95 in False Pass). False Pass has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $27,500 in Akutan). Since 2019, False Pass's population has grown faster (+69.6% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Akutan	False Pass
Population	737	95
Median age	40.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,500	$64,167
Median home value	$91,400	—
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	74	51
Homeownership rate	53.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akutan	False Pass
Population	731 → 737 (+0.8%)	56 → 95 (+69.6%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $27,500 (-42.9%)	$54,250 → $64,167 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $91,400 (-6.3%)	$330,000 → $158,300 (-52.0%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $642 (-2.7%)	—

Akutan

Population

731737

Median household income

$48,125$27,500

Median home value

$97,500$91,400

Median gross rent

$660$642

False Pass

Population

5695

Median household income

$54,250$64,167

Median home value

$330,000$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akutan	False Pass
Under 5	1.8%	21.1%
5 to 17	2.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	24.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	27.5%	16.8%
45 to 54	17.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.4%
75 and over	0.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akutan	False Pass
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	18.9%
Black or African American	14.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.8%	60.0%
Asian	18.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akutan	False Pass
No high school diploma	19.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akutan	False Pass
Drove alone	4.0%	51.0%
Carpooled	0.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	73.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	27.5%
Other means	0.9%	13.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akutan	False Pass
1-unit, detached	85.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Akutan	False Pass
Poverty rate	17.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	6	5
Median year structure built	1988	1984