Gustavus vs Klukwan

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

Gustavus and Klukwan 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 89 in Klukwan). Gustavus has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $24,375 in Klukwan). Gustavus has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $66,000 in Klukwan).

Population, income & housing

	Gustavus	Klukwan
Population	610	89
Median age	51.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$24,375
Median home value	$276,500	$66,000
Median gross rent	$1,106	$550
Housing units	457	69
Homeownership rate	82.8%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gustavus	Klukwan
Population	454 → 610 (+34.4%)	72 → 89 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$73,182 → $64,167 (-12.3%)	$41,250 → $24,375 (-40.9%)
Median home value	$258,700 → $276,500 (+6.9%)	$70,000 → $66,000 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,106 (+6.1%)	$513 → $550 (+7.2%)

Gustavus

Population

454610

Median household income

$73,182$64,167

Median home value

$258,700$276,500

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,106

Klukwan

Population

7289

Median household income

$41,250$24,375

Median home value

$70,000$66,000

Median gross rent

$513$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gustavus	Klukwan
Under 5	0.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.1%	21.3%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	18.0%
75 and over	13.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gustavus	Klukwan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	14.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	56.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	29.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gustavus	Klukwan
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	26.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gustavus	Klukwan
Drove alone	60.1%	50.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	26.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	28.6%
Other means	4.3%	21.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gustavus	Klukwan
1-unit, detached	91.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Gustavus	Klukwan
Poverty rate	10.7%	16.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1994	1979