Happy Valley vs Kasilof

A side-by-side comparison of Happy Valley and Kasilof: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Happy Valley has the higher population (773 vs 404 in Kasilof). Kasilof has the higher median household income ($61,377 vs $55,521 in Happy Valley). Kasilof has the higher median home value ($604,200 vs $208,600 in Happy Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
Population	773	404
Median age	61.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,521	$61,377
Median home value	$208,600	$604,200
Housing units	614	308
Homeownership rate	91.3%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
Population	588 → 773 (+31.5%)	754 → 404 (-46.4%)
Median household income	$53,625 → $55,521 (+3.5%)	$71,078 → $61,377 (-13.6%)
Median home value	$206,500 → $208,600 (+1.0%)	$468,500 → $604,200 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,148 (+4.2%)	—

Happy Valley

Population

588773

Median household income

$53,625$55,521

Median home value

$206,500$208,600

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,148

Kasilof

Population

754404

Median household income

$71,078$61,377

Median home value

$468,500$604,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	25.7%
25 to 34	3.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	21.5%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	22.3%	25.0%
75 and over	18.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	19.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	55.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
Drove alone	68.7%	34.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	46.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	0.0%
Other means	9.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
1-unit, detached	93.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	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	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Kasilof
Poverty rate	17.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.03	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1995	2003