Tatitlek vs Valdez

A side-by-side comparison of Tatitlek and Valdez: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valdez has the higher population (3,911 vs 23 in Tatitlek). Valdez has the higher median household income ($97,067 vs $61,875 in Tatitlek). Since 2019, Valdez's population has grown faster (+1.7% vs -68.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Tatitlek	Valdez
Population	23	3,911
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$97,067
Median home value	—	$312,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,463
Housing units	60	1,928
Homeownership rate	44.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tatitlek	Valdez
Population	73 → 23 (-68.5%)	3,847 → 3,911 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $61,875 (-4.8%)	$85,085 → $97,067 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $98,000 (+5.0%)	$168,600 → $312,400 (+85.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,192 → $1,463 (+22.7%)

Tatitlek

Population

7323

Median household income

$65,000$61,875

Median home value

$93,300$98,000

Valdez

Population

3,8473,911

Median household income

$85,085$97,067

Median home value

$168,600$312,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tatitlek	Valdez
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	30.4%	15.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	4.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	17.4%	6.8%
75 and over	13.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tatitlek	Valdez
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.7%	4.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tatitlek	Valdez
No high school diploma	27.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tatitlek	Valdez
Drove alone	0.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tatitlek	Valdez
1-unit, detached	93.3%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Tatitlek	Valdez
Poverty rate	34.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1987	1980