Paxson vs Tonsina

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

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

Tonsina has the higher population (41 vs 20 in Paxson).

Population, income & housing

	Paxson	Tonsina
Population	20	41
Median age	—	32.4 yrs
Housing units	233	58
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxson	Tonsina
Population	0 → 20 (+0.0%)	43 → 41 (-4.7%)

Paxson

Population

020

Tonsina

Population

4341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxson	Tonsina
Under 5	0.0%	29.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	46.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	24.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	55.0%	0.0%
75 and over	45.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxson	Tonsina
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxson	Tonsina
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree	55.0%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	45.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxson	Tonsina
1-unit, detached	87.6%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paxson	Tonsina
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.16
Median year structure built	1983	1988