Lower Kalskag vs Upper Kalskag

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

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

Lower Kalskag has the higher population (234 vs 232 in Upper Kalskag). Upper Kalskag has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $36,250 in Lower Kalskag). Upper Kalskag has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $207,500 in Lower Kalskag).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
Population	234	232
Median age	30.1 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$49,167
Median home value	$207,500	$219,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,025
Housing units	77	85
Homeownership rate	80.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	29.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
Population	270 → 234 (-13.3%)	236 → 232 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $36,250 (+8.8%)	$38,958 → $49,167 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $207,500 (+32.8%)	$128,100 → $219,400 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $475 (-6.5%)	$1,000 → $1,025 (+2.5%)

Lower Kalskag

Population

270234

Median household income

$33,333$36,250

Median home value

$156,300$207,500

Median gross rent

$508$475

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)

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
Under 5	12.4%	15.5%
5 to 17	27.4%	28.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	1.3%
75 and over	2.6%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	11.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.9%	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	2.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
No high school diploma	20.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	67.7%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
Drove alone	7.0%	16.4%
Carpooled	1.8%	9.8%
Public transit	3.5%	6.6%
Walked	40.4%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.8%
Other means	47.4%	41.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
1-unit, detached	97.4%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Lower Kalskag	Upper Kalskag
Poverty rate	44.0%	27.2%
Average household size	3.84	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	7	9
Median year structure built	1987	1994