Salcha vs South Van Horn

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

Salcha 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.

Salcha has the higher population (1,076 vs 354 in South Van Horn). Salcha has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $66,944 in South Van Horn). Since 2019, Salcha's population has grown faster (+7.0% vs -28.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Salcha	South Van Horn
Population	1,076	354
Median age	38.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$66,944
Median home value	$257,500	—
Housing units	645	212
Homeownership rate	93.5%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salcha	South Van Horn
Population	1,006 → 1,076 (+7.0%)	493 → 354 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$70,486 → $72,083 (+2.3%)	$71,875 → $66,944 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $257,500 (+51.0%)	$25,300 → $25,800 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,339 (+0.2%)	—

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

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)

	Salcha	South Van Horn
Under 5	5.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	24.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	21.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	22.6%
75 and over	1.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salcha	South Van Horn
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	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	7.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salcha	South Van Horn
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salcha	South Van Horn
Drove alone	83.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.3%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salcha	South Van Horn
1-unit, detached	95.2%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	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	2.0%	54.2%

Poverty & households

	Salcha	South Van Horn
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	13
Median year structure built	1988	1973