Gulkana vs Silver Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Gulkana and Silver Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gulkana has the higher population (73 vs 66 in Silver Springs). Silver Springs has the higher median household income ($130,208 vs $59,250 in Gulkana). Since 2019, Silver Springs's population has grown faster (-9.6% vs -13.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
Population	73	66
Median age	64.1 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,250	$130,208
Median home value	—	$269,600
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	75	40
Homeownership rate	31.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
Population	84 → 73 (-13.1%)	73 → 66 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $59,250 (+16.6%)	$110,694 → $130,208 (+17.6%)
Median home value	—	$162,500 → $269,600 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $725 (+48.6%)	—

Gulkana

Population

8473

Median household income

$50,833$59,250

Median gross rent

$488$725

Silver Springs

Population

7366

Median household income

$110,694$130,208

Median home value

$162,500$269,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	3.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	4.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	48.5%
65 to 74	30.1%	10.6%
75 and over	15.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	21.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
Drove alone	75.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	60.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Gulkana	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.55	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	13	42
Median year structure built	1987	1990