Kasigluk vs Napakiak

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

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

Kasigluk has the higher population (692 vs 595 in Napakiak). Kasigluk has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $26,563 in Napakiak). Kasigluk has the higher median home value ($61,500 vs $31,900 in Napakiak).

Population, income & housing

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
Population	692	595
Median age	21.6 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$26,563
Median home value	$61,500	$31,900
Median gross rent	$683	$1,702
Housing units	147	164
Homeownership rate	85.2%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	40.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
Population	543 → 692 (+27.4%)	386 → 595 (+54.1%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $70,000 (+64.7%)	$25,795 → $26,563 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $61,500 (+34.9%)	$36,900 → $31,900 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $683 (+1.2%)	$475 → $1,702 (+258.3%)

Kasigluk

Population

543692

Median household income

$42,500$70,000

Median home value

$45,600$61,500

Median gross rent

$675$683

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)

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
Under 5	12.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	29.8%	34.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	3.0%
75 and over	3.8%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	98.7%	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	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
No high school diploma	24.2%	19.7%
High school graduate	54.4%	66.6%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
Drove alone	10.1%	11.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	34.5%	44.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	50.7%	43.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
1-unit, detached	98.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	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

	Kasigluk	Napakiak
Poverty rate	40.6%	56.0%
Average household size	5.41	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	8	5
Median year structure built	1985	1984