Bethel vs Quinhagak

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

Bethel and Quinhagak 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 1,302 in Quinhagak). Bethel has the higher median household income ($109,718 vs $48,594 in Quinhagak). Bethel has the higher median home value ($354,400 vs $35,000 in Quinhagak).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Quinhagak
Population	6,313	1,302
Median age	30.9 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,718	$48,594
Median home value	$354,400	$35,000
Median gross rent	$1,657	$788
Housing units	2,484	304
Homeownership rate	44.2%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Quinhagak
Population	6,472 → 6,313 (-2.5%)	876 → 1,302 (+48.6%)
Median household income	$83,367 → $109,718 (+31.6%)	$36,750 → $48,594 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$280,400 → $354,400 (+26.4%)	$24,200 → $35,000 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $1,657 (+6.8%)	$638 → $788 (+23.5%)

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

Quinhagak

Population

8761,302

Median household income

$36,750$48,594

Median home value

$24,200$35,000

Median gross rent

$638$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Quinhagak
Under 5	8.8%	14.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	27.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.2%
75 and over	2.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Quinhagak
White (non-Hispanic)	16.9%	2.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.8%	88.5%
Asian	3.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Quinhagak
No high school diploma	11.6%	31.8%
High school graduate	43.6%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Quinhagak
Drove alone	39.7%	1.2%
Carpooled	20.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	30.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.5%
Other means	11.4%	57.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Quinhagak
1-unit, detached	61.9%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
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%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Quinhagak
Poverty rate	12.8%	34.8%
Average household size	2.95	4.54
Mean commute (minutes)	10	4
Median year structure built	1989	1983