Harding-Birch Lakes vs Moose Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Harding-Birch Lakes and Moose Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Harding-Birch Lakes and Moose Creek are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moose Creek has the higher population (332 vs 206 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Moose Creek has the higher median household income ($86,607 vs $68,958 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Moose Creek has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $196,900 in Harding-Birch Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
Population	206	332
Median age	59.1 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$86,607
Median home value	$196,900	$233,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,368
Housing units	476	269
Homeownership rate	89.9%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
Population	154 → 206 (+33.8%)	795 → 332 (-58.2%)
Median household income	$62,625 → $68,958 (+10.1%)	$64,293 → $86,607 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $196,900 (+17.8%)	$205,400 → $233,900 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,164 → $1,368 (+17.5%)

Harding-Birch Lakes

Population

154206

Median household income

$62,625$68,958

Median home value

$167,100$196,900

Moose Creek

Population

795332

Median household income

$64,293$86,607

Median home value

$205,400$233,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	33.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	33.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	43.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
1-unit, detached	97.5%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Moose Creek
Poverty rate	26.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.61	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1985	1981