Aniak vs Napakiak

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

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

Napakiak has the higher population (595 vs 571 in Aniak). Aniak has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $26,563 in Napakiak). Aniak has the higher median home value ($237,000 vs $31,900 in Napakiak).

Population, income & housing

	Aniak	Napakiak
Population	571	595
Median age	35.3 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$26,563
Median home value	$237,000	$31,900
Median gross rent	$1,632	$1,702
Housing units	247	164
Homeownership rate	59.1%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	40.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aniak	Napakiak
Population	526 → 571 (+8.6%)	386 → 595 (+54.1%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $66,875 (+35.4%)	$25,795 → $26,563 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$205,800 → $237,000 (+15.2%)	$36,900 → $31,900 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,632 (+37.4%)	$475 → $1,702 (+258.3%)

Aniak

Population

526571

Median household income

$49,375$66,875

Median home value

$205,800$237,000

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,632

Napakiak

Population

386595

Median household income

$25,795$26,563

Median home value

$36,900$31,900

Median gross rent

$475$1,702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aniak	Napakiak
Under 5	5.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	34.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	5.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	23.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	3.0%
75 and over	2.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aniak	Napakiak
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	0.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.3%	99.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aniak	Napakiak
No high school diploma	17.2%	19.7%
High school graduate	52.5%	66.6%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aniak	Napakiak
Drove alone	23.3%	11.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	34.8%	44.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	0.0%
Other means	15.9%	43.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aniak	Napakiak
1-unit, detached	87.4%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Aniak	Napakiak
Poverty rate	17.2%	56.0%
Average household size	2.95	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	5	5
Median year structure built	1988	1984