Beluga vs Sunrise

A side-by-side comparison of Beluga and Sunrise: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunrise has the higher population (20 vs 5 in Beluga). Since 2019, Beluga's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Beluga	Sunrise
Population	5	20
Housing units	39	20
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beluga	Sunrise
Population	5 → 5 (+0.0%)	32 → 20 (-37.5%)

Beluga

Population

Sunrise

Population

3220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beluga	Sunrise
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	60.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	100.0%
75 and over	40.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beluga	Sunrise
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	40.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beluga	Sunrise
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	60.0%	65.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beluga	Sunrise
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beluga	Sunrise
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beluga	Sunrise
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Median year structure built	1962	—