Harding-Birch Lakes vs Two Rivers

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

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

Two Rivers has the higher population (571 vs 206 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Two Rivers has the higher median home value ($341,800 vs $196,900 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Since 2019, Harding-Birch Lakes's population has grown faster (+33.8% vs -13.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
Population	206	571
Median age	59.1 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	—
Median home value	$196,900	$341,800
Housing units	476	297
Homeownership rate	89.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
Population	154 → 206 (+33.8%)	663 → 571 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$62,625 → $68,958 (+10.1%)	—
Median home value	$167,100 → $196,900 (+17.8%)	$281,000 → $341,800 (+21.6%)

Harding-Birch Lakes

Population

154206

Median household income

$62,625$68,958

Median home value

$167,100$196,900

Two Rivers

Population

663571

Median home value

$281,000$341,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	8.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	33.0%	19.1%
55 to 64	43.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	31.2%
75 and over	0.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
Drove alone	100.0%	52.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	47.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Two Rivers
Poverty rate	26.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.45
Median year structure built	1985	1988