Gakona vs Willow Creek

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

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

Gakona has the higher population (200 vs 126 in Willow Creek). Gakona has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $76,542 in Willow Creek). Willow Creek has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $322,700 in Gakona).

Population, income & housing

	Gakona	Willow Creek
Population	200	126
Median age	36.4 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,313	$76,542
Median home value	$322,700	$452,800
Median gross rent	$710	—
Housing units	166	66
Homeownership rate	80.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	22.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gakona	Willow Creek
Population	154 → 200 (+29.9%)	0 → 126 (+0.0%)
Median household income	—	$66,898 → $76,542 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$656,300 → $322,700 (-50.8%)	$424,100 → $452,800 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $710 (+67.1%)	—

Gakona

Population

154200

Median home value

$656,300$322,700

Median gross rent

$425$710

Willow Creek

Population

0126

Median household income

$66,898$76,542

Median home value

$424,100$452,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gakona	Willow Creek
Under 5	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	34.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	48.4%
75 and over	4.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gakona	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	56.5%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	39.5%	21.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gakona	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gakona	Willow Creek
Drove alone	46.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gakona	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	85.5%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Gakona	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	13.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1986	1983