Funny River vs Salamatof

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

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

Salamatof has the higher population (1,201 vs 1,127 in Funny River). Salamatof has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $46,550 in Funny River). Salamatof has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $186,900 in Funny River).

Population, income & housing

	Funny River	Salamatof
Population	1,127	1,201
Median age	60.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,550	$73,750
Median home value	$186,900	$318,000
Median gross rent	—	$680
Housing units	1,281	388
Homeownership rate	82.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	29.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Funny River	Salamatof
Population	1,331 → 1,127 (-15.3%)	992 → 1,201 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$56,364 → $46,550 (-17.4%)	$61,250 → $73,750 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$221,900 → $186,900 (-15.8%)	$229,800 → $318,000 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,413 (+48.7%)	$875 → $680 (-22.3%)

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

Salamatof

Population

9921,201

Median household income

$61,250$73,750

Median home value

$229,800$318,000

Median gross rent

$875$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Funny River	Salamatof
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	2.5%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	4.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	43.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	26.4%	10.4%
75 and over	3.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Funny River	Salamatof
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	12.8%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	13.2%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Funny River	Salamatof
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Funny River	Salamatof
Drove alone	58.1%	60.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	10.6%
Other means	9.8%	16.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Funny River	Salamatof
1-unit, detached	81.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Funny River	Salamatof
Poverty rate	18.6%	11.6%
Average household size	1.62	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	39	40
Median year structure built	2000	1984