Aleknagik vs Dillingham

A side-by-side comparison of Aleknagik and Dillingham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dillingham has the higher population (2,084 vs 109 in Aleknagik). Dillingham has the higher median household income ($99,097 vs $88,750 in Aleknagik). Dillingham has the higher median home value ($306,800 vs $84,200 in Aleknagik).

Population, income & housing

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
Population	109	2,084
Median age	55.4 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$99,097
Median home value	$84,200	$306,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,235
Housing units	124	975
Homeownership rate	84.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
Population	179 → 109 (-39.1%)	2,215 → 2,084 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $88,750 (+57.8%)	$74,524 → $99,097 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $84,200 (-59.6%)	$266,200 → $306,800 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,333 (+18.5%)	$1,171 → $1,235 (+5.5%)

Aleknagik

Population

179109

Median household income

$56,250$88,750

Median home value

$208,300$84,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,333

Dillingham

Population

2,2152,084

Median household income

$74,524$99,097

Median home value

$266,200$306,800

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
Under 5	1.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	3.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	28.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	19.3%	6.7%
75 and over	3.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	23.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	82.6%	54.6%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	14.7%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	59.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
Drove alone	31.4%	39.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	22.9%	20.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.3%	8.5%
Other means	22.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Aleknagik	Dillingham
Poverty rate	14.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	9	11
Median year structure built	1990	1984