Old Harbor vs Ouzinkie

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

Old Harbor and Ouzinkie 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 97 in Ouzinkie). Old Harbor has the higher median household income ($31,250 vs $27,813 in Ouzinkie). Ouzinkie has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $95,000 in Old Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
Population	186	97
Median age	33.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$27,813
Median home value	$95,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	153	90
Homeownership rate	65.9%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	29.3%	31.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
Population	231 → 186 (-19.5%)	149 → 97 (-34.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $31,250 (-13.8%)	$39,375 → $27,813 (-29.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $95,000 (+9.6%)	$154,700 → $112,500 (-27.3%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $863 (-6.7%)	—

Old Harbor

Population

231186

Median household income

$36,250$31,250

Median home value

$86,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$925$863

Ouzinkie

Population

14997

Median household income

$39,375$27,813

Median home value

$154,700$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
Under 5	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	18.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	16.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	18.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	21.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.4%
75 and over	3.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
White (non-Hispanic)	7.0%	4.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.8%	51.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.6%	38.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	50.0%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
Drove alone	39.6%	41.7%
Carpooled	33.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	47.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	0.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
1-unit, detached	96.7%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Old Harbor	Ouzinkie
Poverty rate	55.4%	25.8%
Average household size	2.04	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	5	3
Median year structure built	1978	1976