Chitina vs Willow Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Chitina and Willow Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willow Creek has the higher population (126 vs 100 in Chitina). Willow Creek has the higher median household income ($76,542 vs $20,417 in Chitina). Willow Creek has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $162,500 in Chitina).

Population, income & housing

	Chitina	Willow Creek
Population	100	126
Median age	31.5 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$20,417	$76,542
Median home value	$162,500	$452,800
Median gross rent	$810	—
Housing units	136	66
Homeownership rate	46.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chitina	Willow Creek
Population	61 → 100 (+63.9%)	0 → 126 (+0.0%)
Median household income	—	$66,898 → $76,542 (+14.4%)
Median home value	—	$424,100 → $452,800 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $810 (+6.2%)	—

Chitina

Population

61100

Median gross rent

$763$810

Willow Creek

Population

0126

Median household income

$66,898$76,542

Median home value

$424,100$452,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chitina	Willow Creek
Under 5	21.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	34.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	48.4%
75 and over	2.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chitina	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	43.0%	21.4%
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	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	17.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	51.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chitina	Willow Creek
Drove alone	20.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chitina	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	75.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Chitina	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	67.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	4	—
Median year structure built	1990	1983