Clam Gulch vs Cooper Landing

A side-by-side comparison of Clam Gulch and Cooper Landing: population, income, housing, and more.

Clam Gulch and Cooper Landing are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clam Gulch has the higher population (294 vs 231 in Cooper Landing). Cooper Landing has the higher median household income ($140,500 vs $91,250 in Clam Gulch). Cooper Landing has the higher median home value ($404,500 vs $244,400 in Clam Gulch).

Population, income & housing

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
Population	294	231
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$140,500
Median home value	$244,400	$404,500
Housing units	157	336
Homeownership rate	96.4%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
Population	227 → 294 (+29.5%)	478 → 231 (-51.7%)
Median household income	$41,563 → $91,250 (+119.5%)	$69,242 → $140,500 (+102.9%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $244,400 (+70.0%)	$349,400 → $404,500 (+15.8%)

Clam Gulch

Population

227294

Median household income

$41,563$91,250

Median home value

$143,800$244,400

Cooper Landing

Population

478231

Median household income

$69,242$140,500

Median home value

$349,400$404,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
Under 5	4.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	9.1%
18 to 24	14.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	26.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	1.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	27.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	21.4%	9.5%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	34.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	49.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
Drove alone	75.8%	97.9%
Carpooled	19.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Clam Gulch	Cooper Landing
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	39	15
Median year structure built	1993	1979