Akutan vs King Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Akutan and King Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

King Cove has the higher population (1,204 vs 737 in Akutan). King Cove has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $27,500 in Akutan). King Cove has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $91,400 in Akutan).

Population, income & housing

	Akutan	King Cove
Population	737	1,204
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,500	$78,125
Median home value	$91,400	$110,900
Median gross rent	$642	$909
Housing units	74	437
Homeownership rate	53.1%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akutan	King Cove
Population	731 → 737 (+0.8%)	1,147 → 1,204 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $27,500 (-42.9%)	$73,229 → $78,125 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $91,400 (-6.3%)	$121,000 → $110,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $642 (-2.7%)	$923 → $909 (-1.5%)

Akutan

Population

731737

Median household income

$48,125$27,500

Median home value

$97,500$91,400

Median gross rent

$660$642

King Cove

Population

1,1471,204

Median household income

$73,229$78,125

Median home value

$121,000$110,900

Median gross rent

$923$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akutan	King Cove
Under 5	1.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	24.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	27.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.0%
75 and over	0.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akutan	King Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	10.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.8%	46.7%
Asian	18.5%	23.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akutan	King Cove
No high school diploma	19.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akutan	King Cove
Drove alone	4.0%	22.2%
Carpooled	0.5%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	73.5%	55.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	3.7%
Worked from home	20.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akutan	King Cove
1-unit, detached	85.1%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Akutan	King Cove
Poverty rate	17.4%	11.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	6	5
Median year structure built	1988	1982