Chefornak vs Kipnuk

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

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

Chefornak has the higher population (530 vs 488 in Kipnuk). Kipnuk has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $46,250 in Chefornak). Since 2019, Chefornak's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs -4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
Population	530	488
Median age	27.0 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$55,417
Median home value	—	$33,100
Median gross rent	$792	$556
Housing units	114	129
Homeownership rate	79.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	28.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
Population	483 → 530 (+9.7%)	511 → 488 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $46,250 (-11.2%)	$38,036 → $55,417 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $47,500 (+3.9%)	$58,200 → $33,100 (-43.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)	$308 → $556 (+80.5%)

Chefornak

Population

483530

Median household income

$52,083$46,250

Median home value

$45,700$47,500

Median gross rent

$725$792

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)

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
Under 5	12.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	29.6%	28.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	4.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.9%
75 and over	2.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.5%	99.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
No high school diploma	17.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	54.1%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
Drove alone	0.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.9%	25.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	2.7%
Other means	83.4%	71.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
1-unit, detached	96.5%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chefornak	Kipnuk
Poverty rate	20.4%	26.6%
Average household size	4.91	4.24
Mean commute (minutes)	5	5
Median year structure built	1984	1993