Moose Creek vs Salcha

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

Moose Creek 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 332 in Moose Creek). Moose Creek has the higher median household income ($86,607 vs $72,083 in Salcha). Salcha has the higher median home value ($257,500 vs $233,900 in Moose Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Moose Creek	Salcha
Population	332	1,076
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,607	$72,083
Median home value	$233,900	$257,500
Median gross rent	$1,368	—
Housing units	269	645
Homeownership rate	55.2%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moose Creek	Salcha
Population	795 → 332 (-58.2%)	1,006 → 1,076 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$64,293 → $86,607 (+34.7%)	$70,486 → $72,083 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$205,400 → $233,900 (+13.9%)	$170,500 → $257,500 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,368 (+17.5%)	$1,336 → $1,339 (+0.2%)

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

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)

	Moose Creek	Salcha
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	33.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	24.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.8%
75 and over	9.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moose Creek	Salcha
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	75.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	4.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moose Creek	Salcha
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moose Creek	Salcha
Drove alone	79.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	7.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	7.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moose Creek	Salcha
1-unit, detached	38.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Moose Creek	Salcha
Poverty rate	15.7%	6.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1981	1988