Pelican vs Tenakee Springs

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

Pelican 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 45 in Pelican). Tenakee Springs has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $38,750 in Pelican). Tenakee Springs has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $171,400 in Pelican).

Population, income & housing

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
Population	45	172
Median age	52.8 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$54,375
Median home value	$171,400	$307,100
Housing units	72	255
Homeownership rate	61.5%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
Population	67 → 45 (-32.8%)	137 → 172 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $38,750 (-30.1%)	$55,536 → $54,375 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $171,400 (+43.6%)	$253,800 → $307,100 (+21.0%)

Pelican

Population

6745

Median household income

$55,417$38,750

Median home value

$119,400$171,400

Tenakee Springs

Population

137172

Median household income

$55,536$54,375

Median home value

$253,800$307,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	8.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	4.1%
45 to 54	22.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	24.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	44.2%
75 and over	15.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.7%	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	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
Drove alone	30.8%	3.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.8%	53.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	16.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	15.4%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
1-unit, detached	66.7%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Pelican	Tenakee Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.2%
Average household size	1.73	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	13	8
Median year structure built	1980	1984