Akiak vs Lower Kalskag

A side-by-side comparison of Akiak and Lower Kalskag: population, income, housing, and more.

Akiak and Lower Kalskag are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Akiak has the higher population (273 vs 234 in Lower Kalskag). Akiak has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $36,250 in Lower Kalskag). Lower Kalskag has the higher median home value ($207,500 vs $22,500 in Akiak).

Population, income & housing

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
Population	273	234
Median age	25.6 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,667	$36,250
Median home value	$22,500	$207,500
Median gross rent	$425	—
Housing units	67	77
Homeownership rate	81.7%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	25.9%	19.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
Population	381 → 273 (-28.3%)	270 → 234 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $71,667 (+47.0%)	$33,333 → $36,250 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $22,500 (-57.1%)	$156,300 → $207,500 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $425 (-55.3%)	$508 → $475 (-6.5%)

Akiak

Population

381273

Median household income

$48,750$71,667

Median home value

$52,500$22,500

Median gross rent

$950$425

Lower Kalskag

Population

270234

Median household income

$33,333$36,250

Median home value

$156,300$207,500

Median gross rent

$508$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
Under 5	7.7%	12.4%
5 to 17	31.5%	27.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.4%
75 and over	1.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.3%	97.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
No high school diploma	24.1%	20.8%
High school graduate	50.4%	67.7%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
Drove alone	10.1%	7.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	49.4%	40.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	20.3%	47.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
1-unit, detached	98.5%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Akiak	Lower Kalskag
Poverty rate	31.9%	44.0%
Average household size	4.55	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	6	7
Median year structure built	1988	1987