Harding-Birch Lakes vs Salcha

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

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

Salcha has the higher population (1,076 vs 206 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Salcha has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $68,958 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Salcha has the higher median home value ($257,500 vs $196,900 in Harding-Birch Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
Population	206	1,076
Median age	59.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$72,083
Median home value	$196,900	$257,500
Housing units	476	645
Homeownership rate	89.9%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
Population	154 → 206 (+33.8%)	1,006 → 1,076 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$62,625 → $68,958 (+10.1%)	$70,486 → $72,083 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $196,900 (+17.8%)	$170,500 → $257,500 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,336 → $1,339 (+0.2%)

Harding-Birch Lakes

Population

154206

Median household income

$62,625$68,958

Median home value

$167,100$196,900

Salcha

Population

1,0061,076

Median household income

$70,486$72,083

Median home value

$170,500$257,500

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	24.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	33.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	43.2%	21.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
Drove alone	100.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
1-unit, detached	97.5%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Salcha
Poverty rate	26.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1985	1988