McCarthy vs Paxson

A side-by-side comparison of McCarthy and Paxson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxson has the higher population (20 vs 2 in McCarthy).

Population, income & housing

	McCarthy	Paxson
Population	2	20
Housing units	88	233
Homeownership rate	—	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	100.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCarthy	Paxson
Population	0 → 2 (+0.0%)	0 → 20 (+0.0%)

McCarthy

Population

Paxson

Population

020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCarthy	Paxson
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	50.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	50.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	55.0%
75 and over	0.0%	45.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCarthy	Paxson
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	50.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCarthy	Paxson
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	100.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	55.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	45.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCarthy	Paxson
Drove alone	0.0%	—
Carpooled	100.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	0.0%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCarthy	Paxson
1-unit, detached	88.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	McCarthy	Paxson
Poverty rate	50.0%	0.0%
Average household size	—	2.22
Median year structure built	1993	1983