Dillingham vs Koliganek

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

Dillingham and Koliganek 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 224 in Koliganek). Dillingham has the higher median household income ($99,097 vs $56,250 in Koliganek). Dillingham has the higher median home value ($306,800 vs $129,200 in Koliganek).

Population, income & housing

	Dillingham	Koliganek
Population	2,084	224
Median age	31.3 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,097	$56,250
Median home value	$306,800	$129,200
Median gross rent	$1,235	$950
Housing units	975	65
Homeownership rate	53.7%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	26.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillingham	Koliganek
Population	2,215 → 2,084 (-5.9%)	202 → 224 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$74,524 → $99,097 (+33.0%)	$45,000 → $56,250 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$266,200 → $306,800 (+15.3%)	$97,500 → $129,200 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,235 (+5.5%)	$1,438 → $950 (-33.9%)

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

Koliganek

Population

202224

Median household income

$45,000$56,250

Median home value

$97,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$1,438$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillingham	Koliganek
Under 5	8.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	34.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	6.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.8%
75 and over	2.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillingham	Koliganek
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	1.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	54.6%	96.9%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillingham	Koliganek
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillingham	Koliganek
Drove alone	39.8%	12.2%
Carpooled	28.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	24.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.3%
Other means	1.6%	56.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillingham	Koliganek
1-unit, detached	66.6%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dillingham	Koliganek
Poverty rate	9.9%	18.3%
Average household size	2.75	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	11	6
Median year structure built	1984	1989