Aniak vs Kipnuk

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

Aniak and Kipnuk 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 488 in Kipnuk). Aniak has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $55,417 in Kipnuk). Aniak has the higher median home value ($237,000 vs $33,100 in Kipnuk).

Population, income & housing

	Aniak	Kipnuk
Population	571	488
Median age	35.3 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$55,417
Median home value	$237,000	$33,100
Median gross rent	$1,632	$556
Housing units	247	129
Homeownership rate	59.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	28.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aniak	Kipnuk
Population	526 → 571 (+8.6%)	511 → 488 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $66,875 (+35.4%)	$38,036 → $55,417 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$205,800 → $237,000 (+15.2%)	$58,200 → $33,100 (-43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,632 (+37.4%)	$308 → $556 (+80.5%)

Aniak

Population

526571

Median household income

$49,375$66,875

Median home value

$205,800$237,000

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,632

Kipnuk

Population

511488

Median household income

$38,036$55,417

Median home value

$58,200$33,100

Median gross rent

$308$556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aniak	Kipnuk
Under 5	5.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	28.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	5.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	23.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	3.9%
75 and over	2.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aniak	Kipnuk
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	0.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.3%	99.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aniak	Kipnuk
No high school diploma	17.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	52.5%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aniak	Kipnuk
Drove alone	23.3%	0.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	34.8%	25.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	2.7%
Other means	15.9%	71.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aniak	Kipnuk
1-unit, detached	87.4%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.0%
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	Kipnuk
Poverty rate	17.2%	26.6%
Average household size	2.95	4.24
Mean commute (minutes)	5	5
Median year structure built	1988	1993