Aniak vs Chefornak

A side-by-side comparison of Aniak and Chefornak: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aniak has the higher population (571 vs 530 in Chefornak). Aniak has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $46,250 in Chefornak). Since 2019, Chefornak's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs +8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Aniak	Chefornak
Population	571	530
Median age	35.3 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$46,250
Median home value	$237,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,632	$792
Housing units	247	114
Homeownership rate	59.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aniak	Chefornak
Population	526 → 571 (+8.6%)	483 → 530 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $66,875 (+35.4%)	$52,083 → $46,250 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$205,800 → $237,000 (+15.2%)	$45,700 → $47,500 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,632 (+37.4%)	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)

Aniak

Population

526571

Median household income

$49,375$66,875

Median home value

$205,800$237,000

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,632

Chefornak

Population

483530

Median household income

$52,083$46,250

Median home value

$45,700$47,500

Median gross rent

$725$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aniak	Chefornak
Under 5	5.1%	12.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	29.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.1%	4.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.8%
75 and over	2.1%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aniak	Chefornak
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.3%	95.5%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aniak	Chefornak
No high school diploma	17.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	52.5%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aniak	Chefornak
Drove alone	23.3%	0.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	34.8%	11.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	4.6%
Other means	15.9%	83.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aniak	Chefornak
1-unit, detached	87.4%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aniak	Chefornak
Poverty rate	17.2%	20.4%
Average household size	2.95	4.91
Mean commute (minutes)	5	5
Median year structure built	1988	1984