Angoon vs Gustavus

A side-by-side comparison of Angoon and Gustavus: population, income, housing, and more.

Angoon and Gustavus are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gustavus has the higher population (610 vs 467 in Angoon). Gustavus has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $45,938 in Angoon). Gustavus has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $191,700 in Angoon).

Population, income & housing

	Angoon	Gustavus
Population	467	610
Median age	43.3 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,938	$64,167
Median home value	$191,700	$276,500
Median gross rent	$581	$1,106
Housing units	285	457
Homeownership rate	61.0%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	28.2%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angoon	Gustavus
Population	506 → 467 (-7.7%)	454 → 610 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $45,938 (+36.1%)	$73,182 → $64,167 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $191,700 (+39.4%)	$258,700 → $276,500 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $581 (+14.4%)	$1,042 → $1,106 (+6.1%)

Angoon

Population

506467

Median household income

$33,750$45,938

Median home value

$137,500$191,700

Median gross rent

$508$581

Gustavus

Population

454610

Median household income

$73,182$64,167

Median home value

$258,700$276,500

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angoon	Gustavus
Under 5	8.4%	0.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	12.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	5.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	18.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.8%
75 and over	9.2%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angoon	Gustavus
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	52.7%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angoon	Gustavus
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angoon	Gustavus
Drove alone	40.3%	60.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	36.6%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.1%
Other means	8.2%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angoon	Gustavus
1-unit, detached	79.6%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Angoon	Gustavus
Poverty rate	18.0%	10.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1979	1994