Lower Kalskag vs Mekoryuk

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Kalskag and Mekoryuk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mekoryuk has the higher population (290 vs 234 in Lower Kalskag). Lower Kalskag has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $28,750 in Mekoryuk). Lower Kalskag has the higher median home value ($207,500 vs $92,700 in Mekoryuk).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
Population	234	290
Median age	30.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$28,750
Median home value	$207,500	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$605
Housing units	77	142
Homeownership rate	80.3%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	1.0%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
Population	270 → 234 (-13.3%)	248 → 290 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $36,250 (+8.8%)	$28,958 → $28,750 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $207,500 (+32.8%)	$84,200 → $92,700 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $475 (-6.5%)	$675 → $605 (-10.4%)

Lower Kalskag

Population

270234

Median household income

$33,333$36,250

Median home value

$156,300$207,500

Median gross rent

$508$475

Mekoryuk

Population

248290

Median household income

$28,958$28,750

Median home value

$84,200$92,700

Median gross rent

$675$605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
Under 5	12.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	27.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	6.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	28.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.7%
75 and over	2.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.9%	96.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
No high school diploma	20.8%	15.0%
High school graduate	67.7%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
Drove alone	7.0%	6.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	40.4%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	47.4%	78.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
1-unit, detached	97.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Kalskag	Mekoryuk
Poverty rate	44.0%	16.2%
Average household size	3.84	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	7	4
Median year structure built	1987	1983