Hoonah vs Tenakee Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Hoonah and Tenakee Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hoonah has the higher population (894 vs 172 in Tenakee Springs). Hoonah has the higher median household income ($81,406 vs $54,375 in Tenakee Springs). Hoonah has the higher median home value ($340,800 vs $307,100 in Tenakee Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
Population	894	172
Median age	46.5 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,406	$54,375
Median home value	$340,800	$307,100
Median gross rent	$1,078	—
Housing units	375	255
Homeownership rate	63.4%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	25.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
Population	808 → 894 (+10.6%)	137 → 172 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $81,406 (+37.1%)	$55,536 → $54,375 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$205,400 → $340,800 (+65.9%)	$253,800 → $307,100 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,078 (+3.9%)	—

Hoonah

Population

808894

Median household income

$59,375$81,406

Median home value

$205,400$340,800

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,078

Tenakee Springs

Population

137172

Median household income

$55,536$54,375

Median home value

$253,800$307,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	8.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	4.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	44.2%
75 and over	5.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	25.7%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
Drove alone	34.3%	3.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	48.7%	53.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	16.1%
Worked from home	1.8%	12.5%
Other means	8.1%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
1-unit, detached	71.2%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hoonah	Tenakee Springs
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.66	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	11	8
Median year structure built	1981	1984