Alakanuk vs St. Mary's

A side-by-side comparison of Alakanuk and St. Mary's: population, income, housing, and more.

Alakanuk and St. Mary's 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 788 in St. Mary's). St. Mary's has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $39,667 in Alakanuk). Since 2019, Alakanuk's population has grown faster (+22.6% vs +5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
Population	997	788
Median age	21.5 yrs	26.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,667	$45,000
Median home value	—	$103,400
Median gross rent	$828	$1,500
Housing units	238	290
Homeownership rate	68.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
Population	813 → 997 (+22.6%)	747 → 788 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,667 (+5.8%)	$42,500 → $45,000 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$100,800 → $85,000 (-15.7%)	$81,700 → $103,400 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $828 (+7.4%)	$738 → $1,500 (+103.3%)

Alakanuk

Population

813997

Median household income

$37,500$39,667

Median home value

$100,800$85,000

Median gross rent

$771$828

St. Mary's

Population

747788

Median household income

$42,500$45,000

Median home value

$81,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$738$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
Under 5	13.3%	12.9%
5 to 17	30.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	12.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.6%	5.7%
75 and over	1.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	87.9%	86.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
No high school diploma	25.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	53.5%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
Drove alone	0.0%	18.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	26.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.9%
Other means	86.5%	37.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
1-unit, detached	92.0%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Alakanuk	St. Mary's
Poverty rate	39.9%	26.4%
Average household size	4.49	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	6	5
Median year structure built	1992	1990