Chitina vs Mentasta Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Chitina and Mentasta Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chitina has the higher population (100 vs 94 in Mentasta Lake). Mentasta Lake has the higher median household income ($26,912 vs $20,417 in Chitina). Mentasta Lake has the higher median home value ($166,900 vs $162,500 in Chitina).

Population, income & housing

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
Population	100	94
Median age	31.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$20,417	$26,912
Median home value	$162,500	$166,900
Median gross rent	$810	$379
Housing units	136	98
Homeownership rate	46.8%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
Population	61 → 100 (+63.9%)	266 → 94 (-64.7%)
Median household income	—	$50,625 → $26,912 (-46.8%)
Median home value	—	$215,400 → $166,900 (-22.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $810 (+6.2%)	$347 → $379 (+9.2%)

Chitina

Population

61100

Median gross rent

$763$810

Mentasta Lake

Population

26694

Median household income

$50,625$26,912

Median home value

$215,400$166,900

Median gross rent

$347$379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
Under 5	21.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	25.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	22.3%
75 and over	2.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	18.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	43.0%	81.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
No high school diploma	17.6%	21.4%
High school graduate	51.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
Drove alone	20.8%	45.8%
Carpooled	16.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.7%	41.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
1-unit, detached	75.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chitina	Mentasta Lake
Poverty rate	67.0%	26.6%
Average household size	2.13	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	4	—
Median year structure built	1990	1979