Glennallen vs Willow Creek

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

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

Glennallen has the higher population (601 vs 126 in Willow Creek). Glennallen has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $76,542 in Willow Creek). Willow Creek has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $201,800 in Glennallen).

Population, income & housing

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
Population	601	126
Median age	33.5 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$76,542
Median home value	$201,800	$452,800
Median gross rent	$1,342	—
Housing units	420	66
Homeownership rate	52.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
Population	411 → 601 (+46.2%)	0 → 126 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$70,781 → $80,417 (+13.6%)	$66,898 → $76,542 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$235,600 → $201,800 (-14.3%)	$424,100 → $452,800 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,342 (+53.7%)	—

Glennallen

Population

411601

Median household income

$70,781$80,417

Median home value

$235,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,342

Willow Creek

Population

0126

Median household income

$66,898$76,542

Median home value

$424,100$452,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
Under 5	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	34.9%
65 to 74	2.5%	48.4%
75 and over	6.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	32.3%	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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	23.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
Drove alone	81.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	72.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Glennallen	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	5.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1979	1983