Bethel vs Kasigluk

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Kasigluk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethel has the higher population (6,313 vs 692 in Kasigluk). Bethel has the higher median household income ($109,718 vs $70,000 in Kasigluk). Bethel has the higher median home value ($354,400 vs $61,500 in Kasigluk).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Kasigluk
Population	6,313	692
Median age	30.9 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,718	$70,000
Median home value	$354,400	$61,500
Median gross rent	$1,657	$683
Housing units	2,484	147
Homeownership rate	44.2%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	23.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Kasigluk
Population	6,472 → 6,313 (-2.5%)	543 → 692 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$83,367 → $109,718 (+31.6%)	$42,500 → $70,000 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$280,400 → $354,400 (+26.4%)	$45,600 → $61,500 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $1,657 (+6.8%)	$675 → $683 (+1.2%)

Bethel

Population

6,4726,313

Median household income

$83,367$109,718

Median home value

$280,400$354,400

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,657

Kasigluk

Population

543692

Median household income

$42,500$70,000

Median home value

$45,600$61,500

Median gross rent

$675$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Kasigluk
Under 5	8.8%	12.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	29.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	3.8%
75 and over	2.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Kasigluk
White (non-Hispanic)	16.9%	1.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.8%	98.7%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Kasigluk
No high school diploma	11.6%	24.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Kasigluk
Drove alone	39.7%	10.1%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	34.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.7%
Other means	11.4%	50.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Kasigluk
1-unit, detached	61.9%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Kasigluk
Poverty rate	12.8%	40.6%
Average household size	2.95	5.41
Mean commute (minutes)	10	8
Median year structure built	1989	1985