Ketchikan vs Saxman

A side-by-side comparison of Ketchikan and Saxman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ketchikan has the higher population (8,151 vs 354 in Saxman). Ketchikan has the higher median household income ($76,835 vs $49,808 in Saxman). Ketchikan has the higher median home value ($340,300 vs $284,400 in Saxman).

Population, income & housing

	Ketchikan	Saxman
Population	8,151	354
Median age	36.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,835	$49,808
Median home value	$340,300	$284,400
Median gross rent	$1,319	$1,023
Housing units	3,899	153
Homeownership rate	58.9%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ketchikan	Saxman
Population	8,228 → 8,151 (-0.9%)	353 → 354 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$61,419 → $76,835 (+25.1%)	$45,625 → $49,808 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$255,600 → $340,300 (+33.1%)	$205,600 → $284,400 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,319 (+19.3%)	$788 → $1,023 (+29.8%)

Ketchikan

Population

8,2288,151

Median household income

$61,419$76,835

Median home value

$255,600$340,300

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,319

Saxman

Population

353354

Median household income

$45,625$49,808

Median home value

$205,600$284,400

Median gross rent

$788$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ketchikan	Saxman
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.0%
75 and over	4.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ketchikan	Saxman
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	21.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	62.7%
Asian	14.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.2%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ketchikan	Saxman
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ketchikan	Saxman
Drove alone	66.8%	69.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	12.6%
Public transit	2.5%	5.7%
Walked	10.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.1%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ketchikan	Saxman
1-unit, detached	39.6%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	25.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ketchikan	Saxman
Poverty rate	12.6%	20.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1971	1987