Alakanuk vs Emmonak

A side-by-side comparison of Alakanuk and Emmonak: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alakanuk has the higher population (997 vs 945 in Emmonak). Emmonak has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $39,667 in Alakanuk). Since 2019, Alakanuk's population has grown faster (+22.6% vs +10.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
Population	997	945
Median age	21.5 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,667	$55,417
Median home value	—	$116,500
Median gross rent	$828	$1,006
Housing units	238	281
Homeownership rate	68.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
Population	813 → 997 (+22.6%)	855 → 945 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,667 (+5.8%)	$38,750 → $55,417 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$100,800 → $85,000 (-15.7%)	$92,100 → $116,500 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $828 (+7.4%)	$806 → $1,006 (+24.8%)

Alakanuk

Population

813997

Median household income

$37,500$39,667

Median home value

$100,800$85,000

Median gross rent

$771$828

Emmonak

Population

855945

Median household income

$38,750$55,417

Median home value

$92,100$116,500

Median gross rent

$806$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
Under 5	13.3%	14.6%
5 to 17	30.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	5.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	3.6%	12.2%
75 and over	1.0%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	87.9%	77.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
No high school diploma	25.4%	20.9%
High school graduate	53.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
Drove alone	0.0%	4.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	35.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.7%
Other means	86.5%	43.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
1-unit, detached	92.0%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Alakanuk	Emmonak
Poverty rate	39.9%	11.4%
Average household size	4.49	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	6	7
Median year structure built	1992	1995