Akutan vs Nelson Lagoon

A side-by-side comparison of Akutan and Nelson Lagoon: population, income, housing, and more.

Akutan and Nelson Lagoon 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 83 in Nelson Lagoon). Nelson Lagoon has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $27,500 in Akutan). Nelson Lagoon has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $91,400 in Akutan).

Population, income & housing

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
Population	737	83
Median age	40.4 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,500	$51,250
Median home value	$91,400	$141,700
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	74	48
Homeownership rate	53.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
Population	731 → 737 (+0.8%)	86 → 83 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $27,500 (-42.9%)	$42,083 → $51,250 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $91,400 (-6.3%)	$123,400 → $141,700 (+14.8%)
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

Nelson Lagoon

Population

8683

Median household income

$42,083$51,250

Median home value

$123,400$141,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	22.9%
25 to 34	24.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	27.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	26.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	24.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.2%
75 and over	0.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	21.7%
Black or African American	14.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.8%	78.3%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
No high school diploma	19.2%	29.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	4.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
Drove alone	4.0%	30.6%
Carpooled	0.5%	26.5%
Public transit	0.0%	12.2%
Walked	73.5%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	16.3%
Other means	0.9%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
1-unit, detached	85.1%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akutan	Nelson Lagoon
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	6	8
Median year structure built	1988	1984