Klukwan vs Tenakee Springs

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

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

Tenakee Springs has the higher population (172 vs 89 in Klukwan). Tenakee Springs has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $24,375 in Klukwan). Tenakee Springs has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $66,000 in Klukwan).

Population, income & housing

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
Population	89	172
Median age	44.8 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,375	$54,375
Median home value	$66,000	$307,100
Median gross rent	$550	—
Housing units	69	255
Homeownership rate	54.5%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	25.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
Population	72 → 89 (+23.6%)	137 → 172 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $24,375 (-40.9%)	$55,536 → $54,375 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $66,000 (-5.7%)	$253,800 → $307,100 (+21.0%)
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

Tenakee Springs

Population

137172

Median household income

$55,536$54,375

Median home value

$253,800$307,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.3%	4.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	44.2%
75 and over	11.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	14.6%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	56.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
Drove alone	50.0%	3.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	53.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	16.1%
Worked from home	28.6%	12.5%
Other means	21.4%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
1-unit, detached	79.7%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Klukwan	Tenakee Springs
Poverty rate	16.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.02	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	14	8
Median year structure built	1979	1984