Chefornak vs Napakiak

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

Chefornak 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 530 in Chefornak). Chefornak has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $26,563 in Napakiak). Since 2019, Napakiak's population has grown faster (+54.1% vs +9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Chefornak	Napakiak
Population	530	595
Median age	27.0 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$26,563
Median home value	—	$31,900
Median gross rent	$792	$1,702
Housing units	114	164
Homeownership rate	79.6%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	40.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chefornak	Napakiak
Population	483 → 530 (+9.7%)	386 → 595 (+54.1%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $46,250 (-11.2%)	$25,795 → $26,563 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $47,500 (+3.9%)	$36,900 → $31,900 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)	$475 → $1,702 (+258.3%)

Chefornak

Population

483530

Median household income

$52,083$46,250

Median home value

$45,700$47,500

Median gross rent

$725$792

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)

	Chefornak	Napakiak
Under 5	12.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	29.6%	34.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	4.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.0%
75 and over	2.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chefornak	Napakiak
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.5%	99.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chefornak	Napakiak
No high school diploma	17.6%	19.7%
High school graduate	54.1%	66.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chefornak	Napakiak
Drove alone	0.0%	11.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.9%	44.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	83.4%	43.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chefornak	Napakiak
1-unit, detached	96.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Chefornak	Napakiak
Poverty rate	20.4%	56.0%
Average household size	4.91	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	5	5
Median year structure built	1984	1984