Cooper Landing vs Tyonek

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

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

Tyonek has the higher population (291 vs 231 in Cooper Landing). Cooper Landing has the higher median household income ($140,500 vs $57,917 in Tyonek). Cooper Landing has the higher median home value ($404,500 vs $45,000 in Tyonek).

Population, income & housing

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
Population	231	291
Median age	46.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,500	$57,917
Median home value	$404,500	$45,000
Median gross rent	—	$558
Housing units	336	158
Homeownership rate	73.7%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
Population	478 → 231 (-51.7%)	399 → 291 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$69,242 → $140,500 (+102.9%)	$38,250 → $57,917 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$349,400 → $404,500 (+15.8%)	$31,300 → $45,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $558 (-44.2%)

Cooper Landing

Population

478231

Median household income

$69,242$140,500

Median home value

$349,400$404,500

Tyonek

Population

399291

Median household income

$38,250$57,917

Median home value

$31,300$45,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
Under 5	8.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	26.1%
25 to 34	26.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	1.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	27.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	1.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	1.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	66.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	6.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
Drove alone	97.9%	48.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	23.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
1-unit, detached	88.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Cooper Landing	Tyonek
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.00	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	15	6
Median year structure built	1979	1969