St. Paul vs Unalaska

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

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

Unalaska has the higher population (4,430 vs 362 in St. Paul). Unalaska has the higher median household income ($114,286 vs $98,750 in St. Paul). Unalaska has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $107,100 in St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	St. Paul	Unalaska
Population	362	4,430
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,750	$114,286
Median home value	$107,100	$448,700
Median gross rent	$967	$2,040
Housing units	98	967
Homeownership rate	65.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Paul	Unalaska
Population	395 → 362 (-8.4%)	4,724 → 4,430 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$59,063 → $98,750 (+67.2%)	$94,750 → $114,286 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $107,100 (+24.7%)	$368,000 → $448,700 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $967 (+5.1%)	$1,430 → $2,040 (+42.7%)

St. Paul

Population

395362

Median household income

$59,063$98,750

Median home value

$85,900$107,100

Median gross rent

$920$967

Unalaska

Population

4,7244,430

Median household income

$94,750$114,286

Median home value

$368,000$448,700

Median gross rent

$1,430$2,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Paul	Unalaska
Under 5	5.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	19.2%
35 to 44	7.2%	18.1%
45 to 54	21.8%	19.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.0%
75 and over	1.4%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Paul	Unalaska
White (non-Hispanic)	18.2%	21.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	64.9%	1.5%
Asian	0.8%	47.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Paul	Unalaska
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	58.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Paul	Unalaska
Drove alone	46.3%	51.2%
Carpooled	28.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	29.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Paul	Unalaska
1-unit, detached	82.7%	25.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	28.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	24.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	St. Paul	Unalaska
Poverty rate	24.3%	7.6%
Average household size	4.41	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	6	7
Median year structure built	1979	1991