Funny River vs Ninilchik

A side-by-side comparison of Funny River and Ninilchik: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Funny River has the higher population (1,127 vs 1,009 in Ninilchik). Ninilchik has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $46,550 in Funny River). Ninilchik has the higher median home value ($251,600 vs $186,900 in Funny River).

Population, income & housing

	Funny River	Ninilchik
Population	1,127	1,009
Median age	60.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,550	$53,125
Median home value	$186,900	$251,600
Median gross rent	—	$922
Housing units	1,281	942
Homeownership rate	82.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Funny River	Ninilchik
Population	1,331 → 1,127 (-15.3%)	836 → 1,009 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$56,364 → $46,550 (-17.4%)	$51,071 → $53,125 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$221,900 → $186,900 (-15.8%)	$220,700 → $251,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,413 (+48.7%)	$592 → $922 (+55.7%)

Funny River

Population

1,3311,127

Median household income

$56,364$46,550

Median home value

$221,900$186,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,413

Ninilchik

Population

8361,009

Median household income

$51,071$53,125

Median home value

$220,700$251,600

Median gross rent

$592$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Funny River	Ninilchik
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	2.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	4.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	43.7%	21.9%
65 to 74	26.4%	16.1%
75 and over	3.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Funny River	Ninilchik
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	9.6%
Asian	2.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	13.2%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Funny River	Ninilchik
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Funny River	Ninilchik
Drove alone	58.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	6.9%
Other means	9.8%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Funny River	Ninilchik
1-unit, detached	81.7%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Funny River	Ninilchik
Poverty rate	18.6%	16.2%
Average household size	1.62	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	2000	1994