Klukwan vs Pelican

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

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

Klukwan has the higher population (89 vs 45 in Pelican). Pelican has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $24,375 in Klukwan). Pelican has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $66,000 in Klukwan).

Population, income & housing

	Klukwan	Pelican
Population	89	45
Median age	44.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$24,375	$38,750
Median home value	$66,000	$171,400
Median gross rent	$550	—
Housing units	69	72
Homeownership rate	54.5%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Klukwan	Pelican
Population	72 → 89 (+23.6%)	67 → 45 (-32.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $24,375 (-40.9%)	$55,417 → $38,750 (-30.1%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $66,000 (-5.7%)	$119,400 → $171,400 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $550 (+7.2%)	—

Klukwan

Population

7289

Median household income

$41,250$24,375

Median home value

$70,000$66,000

Median gross rent

$513$550

Pelican

Population

6745

Median household income

$55,417$38,750

Median home value

$119,400$171,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Klukwan	Pelican
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	21.3%	6.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	22.2%
55 to 64	6.7%	24.4%
65 to 74	18.0%	8.9%
75 and over	11.2%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Klukwan	Pelican
White (non-Hispanic)	14.6%	64.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	56.2%	26.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	29.2%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Klukwan	Pelican
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Klukwan	Pelican
Drove alone	50.0%	30.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	53.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	0.0%
Other means	21.4%	15.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Klukwan	Pelican
1-unit, detached	79.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	26.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Klukwan	Pelican
Poverty rate	16.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.02	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1979	1980