Goodnews Bay vs Upper Kalskag

A side-by-side comparison of Goodnews Bay and Upper Kalskag: population, income, housing, and more.

Goodnews Bay and Upper Kalskag are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Upper Kalskag has the higher population (232 vs 113 in Goodnews Bay). Upper Kalskag has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $29,167 in Goodnews Bay). Upper Kalskag has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $125,000 in Goodnews Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
Population	113	232
Median age	32.6 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$29,167	$49,167
Median home value	$125,000	$219,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,025
Housing units	38	85
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	29.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
Population	182 → 113 (-37.9%)	236 → 232 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $29,167 (-22.2%)	$38,958 → $49,167 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $125,000 (+104.9%)	$128,100 → $219,400 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $375 (+0.0%)	$1,000 → $1,025 (+2.5%)

Goodnews Bay

Population

182113

Median household income

$37,500$29,167

Median home value

$61,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$375$375

Upper Kalskag

Population

236232

Median household income

$38,958$49,167

Median home value

$128,100$219,400

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
Under 5	15.0%	15.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	28.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	18.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	2.7%	1.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	11.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	99.1%	80.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
No high school diploma	28.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	62.9%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
Drove alone	0.0%	16.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	54.8%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.8%
Other means	45.2%	41.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
1-unit, detached	84.2%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Goodnews Bay	Upper Kalskag
Poverty rate	55.8%	27.2%
Average household size	3.14	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	4	9
Median year structure built	1996	1994