Cantwell vs Denali Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cantwell and Denali Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denali Park has the higher population (787 vs 121 in Cantwell). Denali Park has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $41,000 in Cantwell). Denali Park has the higher median home value ($458,300 vs $221,400 in Cantwell).

Population, income & housing

	Cantwell	Denali Park
Population	121	787
Median age	64.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,000	$83,750
Median home value	$221,400	$458,300
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	189	227
Homeownership rate	87.5%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantwell	Denali Park
Population	178 → 121 (-32.0%)	872 → 787 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $41,000 (-30.2%)	$54,792 → $83,750 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $221,400 (+40.1%)	$360,700 → $458,300 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $900 (+28.6%)	$729 → $778 (+6.7%)

Cantwell

Population

178121

Median household income

$58,750$41,000

Median home value

$158,000$221,400

Median gross rent

$700$900

Denali Park

Population

872787

Median household income

$54,792$83,750

Median home value

$360,700$458,300

Median gross rent

$729$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantwell	Denali Park
Under 5	3.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	5.0%	1.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	61.1%
45 to 54	3.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	2.9%
75 and over	28.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantwell	Denali Park
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.7%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	12.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantwell	Denali Park
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	56.5%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantwell	Denali Park
Drove alone	80.5%	6.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	44.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	45.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantwell	Denali Park
1-unit, detached	89.9%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cantwell	Denali Park
Poverty rate	10.7%	2.8%
Average household size	1.51	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1980	1994