Happy Valley vs Ninilchik

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

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

Ninilchik has the higher population (1,009 vs 773 in Happy Valley). Happy Valley has the higher median household income ($55,521 vs $53,125 in Ninilchik). Ninilchik has the higher median home value ($251,600 vs $208,600 in Happy Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
Population	773	1,009
Median age	61.5 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,521	$53,125
Median home value	$208,600	$251,600
Median gross rent	—	$922
Housing units	614	942
Homeownership rate	91.3%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
Population	588 → 773 (+31.5%)	836 → 1,009 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$53,625 → $55,521 (+3.5%)	$51,071 → $53,125 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$206,500 → $208,600 (+1.0%)	$220,700 → $251,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,148 (+4.2%)	$592 → $922 (+55.7%)

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

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)

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
Under 5	3.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	19.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	22.3%	16.1%
75 and over	18.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.5%	9.6%
Asian	1.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.5%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
Drove alone	68.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	6.9%
Other means	9.9%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
1-unit, detached	93.6%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Ninilchik
Poverty rate	17.1%	16.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1995	1994