Harding-Birch Lakes vs South Van Horn

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

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

South Van Horn has the higher population (354 vs 206 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Harding-Birch Lakes has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $66,944 in South Van Horn). Since 2019, Harding-Birch Lakes's population has grown faster (+33.8% vs -28.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
Population	206	354
Median age	59.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$66,944
Median home value	$196,900	—
Housing units	476	212
Homeownership rate	89.9%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
Population	154 → 206 (+33.8%)	493 → 354 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$62,625 → $68,958 (+10.1%)	$71,875 → $66,944 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $196,900 (+17.8%)	$25,300 → $25,800 (+2.0%)

Harding-Birch Lakes

Population

154206

Median household income

$62,625$68,958

Median home value

$167,100$196,900

South Van Horn

Population

493354

Median household income

$71,875$66,944

Median home value

$25,300$25,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	16.7%
45 to 54	33.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	43.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	22.6%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
Drove alone	100.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
1-unit, detached	97.5%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
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%	54.2%

Poverty & households

	Harding-Birch Lakes	South Van Horn
Poverty rate	26.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1985	1973