Akutan vs Sand Point

A side-by-side comparison of Akutan and Sand Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sand Point has the higher population (1,146 vs 737 in Akutan). Sand Point has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $27,500 in Akutan). Sand Point has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $91,400 in Akutan).

Population, income & housing

	Akutan	Sand Point
Population	737	1,146
Median age	40.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$27,500	$73,125
Median home value	$91,400	$196,400
Median gross rent	$642	$1,149
Housing units	74	426
Homeownership rate	53.1%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akutan	Sand Point
Population	731 → 737 (+0.8%)	1,309 → 1,146 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $27,500 (-42.9%)	$67,500 → $73,125 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $91,400 (-6.3%)	$127,200 → $196,400 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $642 (-2.7%)	$988 → $1,149 (+16.3%)

Akutan

Population

731737

Median household income

$48,125$27,500

Median home value

$97,500$91,400

Median gross rent

$660$642

Sand Point

Population

1,3091,146

Median household income

$67,500$73,125

Median home value

$127,200$196,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akutan	Sand Point
Under 5	1.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	2.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	24.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	27.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	21.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.5%
75 and over	0.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akutan	Sand Point
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	13.4%
Black or African American	14.8%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.8%	35.8%
Asian	18.5%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	13.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akutan	Sand Point
No high school diploma	19.2%	18.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akutan	Sand Point
Drove alone	4.0%	36.7%
Carpooled	0.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	73.5%	50.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	3.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akutan	Sand Point
1-unit, detached	85.1%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Akutan	Sand Point
Poverty rate	17.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	6	6
Median year structure built	1988	1977