Adak vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Adak and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

Adak and St. Paul are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Paul has the higher population (362 vs 141 in Adak). St. Paul has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $50,000 in Adak). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $78,000 in Adak).

Population, income & housing

	Adak	St. Paul
Population	141	362
Median age	53.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$98,750
Median home value	$78,000	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	277	98
Homeownership rate	14.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adak	St. Paul
Population	226 → 141 (-37.6%)	395 → 362 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $50,000 (-28.6%)	$59,063 → $98,750 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$25,800 → $78,000 (+202.3%)	$85,900 → $107,100 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,578 (+20.2%)	$920 → $967 (+5.1%)

Adak

Population

226141

Median household income

$70,000$50,000

Median home value

$25,800$78,000

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,578

St. Paul

Population

395362

Median household income

$59,063$98,750

Median home value

$85,900$107,100

Median gross rent

$920$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adak	St. Paul
Under 5	2.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	0.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	4.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	1.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	34.0%	21.8%
55 to 64	29.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.3%
75 and over	2.8%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adak	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	18.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	64.9%
Asian	11.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adak	St. Paul
No high school diploma	18.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adak	St. Paul
Drove alone	59.8%	46.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.7%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.8%	20.4%
Bicycle	13.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adak	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	8.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	89.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Adak	St. Paul
Poverty rate	10.6%	24.3%
Average household size	1.50	4.41
Mean commute (minutes)	5	6
Median year structure built	1983	1979