Akhiok vs Old Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Akhiok and Old Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Harbor has the higher population (186 vs 117 in Akhiok). Akhiok has the higher median household income ($84,135 vs $31,250 in Old Harbor). Since 2019, Akhiok's population has grown faster (+98.3% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
Population	117	186
Median age	50.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,135	$31,250
Median home value	—	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	48	153
Homeownership rate	58.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	31.9%	29.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
Population	59 → 117 (+98.3%)	231 → 186 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$60,781 → $84,135 (+38.4%)	$36,250 → $31,250 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $95,000 (+12.8%)	$86,700 → $95,000 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$925 → $863 (-6.7%)

Akhiok

Population

59117

Median household income

$60,781$84,135

Median home value

$84,200$95,000

Old Harbor

Population

231186

Median household income

$36,250$31,250

Median home value

$86,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$925$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
Under 5	2.6%	10.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	18.3%
25 to 34	29.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	39.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.5%
75 and over	2.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	7.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	68.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	22.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
No high school diploma	48.1%	13.3%
High school graduate	16.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
Drove alone	56.3%	39.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	43.8%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akhiok	Old Harbor
Poverty rate	5.1%	55.4%
Average household size	3.77	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	5
Median year structure built	1974	1978