Mentasta Lake vs Silver Springs

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

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

Mentasta Lake has the higher population (94 vs 66 in Silver Springs). Silver Springs has the higher median household income ($130,208 vs $26,912 in Mentasta Lake). Silver Springs has the higher median home value ($269,600 vs $166,900 in Mentasta Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
Population	94	66
Median age	36.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,912	$130,208
Median home value	$166,900	$269,600
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	98	40
Homeownership rate	46.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
Population	266 → 94 (-64.7%)	73 → 66 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $26,912 (-46.8%)	$110,694 → $130,208 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$215,400 → $166,900 (-22.5%)	$162,500 → $269,600 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$347 → $379 (+9.2%)	—

Mentasta Lake

Population

26694

Median household income

$50,625$26,912

Median home value

$215,400$166,900

Median gross rent

$347$379

Silver Springs

Population

7366

Median household income

$110,694$130,208

Median home value

$162,500$269,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
Under 5	7.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	25.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	3.2%	3.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	4.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	48.5%
65 to 74	22.3%	10.6%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	81.9%	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+

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	21.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
Drove alone	45.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.7%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	83.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Mentasta Lake	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	26.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1979	1990