Mekoryuk vs Upper Kalskag

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

Mekoryuk and Upper Kalskag 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 232 in Upper Kalskag). Upper Kalskag has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $28,750 in Mekoryuk). Upper Kalskag has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $92,700 in Mekoryuk).

Population, income & housing

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
Population	290	232
Median age	50.1 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$49,167
Median home value	$92,700	$219,400
Median gross rent	$605	$1,025
Housing units	142	85
Homeownership rate	79.0%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.0%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	29.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
Population	248 → 290 (+16.9%)	236 → 232 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$28,958 → $28,750 (-0.7%)	$38,958 → $49,167 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $92,700 (+10.1%)	$128,100 → $219,400 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $605 (-10.4%)	$1,000 → $1,025 (+2.5%)

Mekoryuk

Population

248290

Median household income

$28,958$28,750

Median home value

$84,200$92,700

Median gross rent

$675$605

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)

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
Under 5	5.2%	15.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	28.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	7.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	28.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	1.3%
75 and over	6.2%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	11.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.9%	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	1.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
No high school diploma	15.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	60.9%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
Drove alone	6.6%	16.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	12.4%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	14.8%
Other means	78.5%	41.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Mekoryuk	Upper Kalskag
Poverty rate	16.2%	27.2%
Average household size	2.34	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	4	9
Median year structure built	1983	1994