Mentasta Lake vs Willow Creek

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

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

Willow Creek has the higher population (126 vs 94 in Mentasta Lake). Willow Creek has the higher median household income ($76,542 vs $26,912 in Mentasta Lake). Willow Creek has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $166,900 in Mentasta Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
Population	94	126
Median age	36.3 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,912	$76,542
Median home value	$166,900	$452,800
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	98	66
Homeownership rate	46.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
Population	266 → 94 (-64.7%)	0 → 126 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $26,912 (-46.8%)	$66,898 → $76,542 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$215,400 → $166,900 (-22.5%)	$424,100 → $452,800 (+6.8%)
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

Willow Creek

Population

0126

Median household income

$66,898$76,542

Median home value

$424,100$452,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	34.9%
65 to 74	22.3%	48.4%
75 and over	3.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	81.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	21.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
Drove alone	45.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	83.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Mentasta Lake	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	26.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.38
Median year structure built	1979	1983