Emmonak vs Mountain Village

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

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

Emmonak has the higher population (945 vs 872 in Mountain Village). Mountain Village has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $55,417 in Emmonak). Emmonak has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $21,500 in Mountain Village).

Population, income & housing

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
Population	945	872
Median age	28.1 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$62,188
Median home value	$116,500	$21,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,100
Housing units	281	238
Homeownership rate	72.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
Population	855 → 945 (+10.5%)	784 → 872 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $55,417 (+43.0%)	$34,167 → $62,188 (+82.0%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $116,500 (+26.5%)	$61,800 → $21,500 (-65.2%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,006 (+24.8%)	$540 → $1,100 (+103.7%)

Emmonak

Population

855945

Median household income

$38,750$55,417

Median home value

$92,100$116,500

Median gross rent

$806$1,006

Mountain Village

Population

784872

Median household income

$34,167$62,188

Median home value

$61,800$21,500

Median gross rent

$540$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
Under 5	14.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	34.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.4%	4.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	1.3%
75 and over	1.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	0.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	77.5%	96.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
No high school diploma	20.9%	32.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
Drove alone	4.4%	5.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	35.7%	31.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.0%
Other means	43.4%	51.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
1-unit, detached	96.8%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emmonak	Mountain Village
Poverty rate	11.4%	33.4%
Average household size	3.50	4.36
Mean commute (minutes)	7	6
Median year structure built	1995	1984