Hooper Bay vs Mountain Village

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

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

Hooper Bay has the higher population (1,008 vs 872 in Mountain Village). Mountain Village has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $47,000 in Hooper Bay). Since 2019, Mountain Village's population has grown faster (+11.2% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
Population	1,008	872
Median age	30.1 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,000	$62,188
Median home value	—	$21,500
Median gross rent	$725	$1,100
Housing units	218	238
Homeownership rate	64.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
Population	1,141 → 1,008 (-11.7%)	784 → 872 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $47,000 (+29.7%)	$34,167 → $62,188 (+82.0%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $101,500 (+69.2%)	$61,800 → $21,500 (-65.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $725 (+38.1%)	$540 → $1,100 (+103.7%)

Hooper Bay

Population

1,1411,008

Median household income

$36,250$47,000

Median home value

$60,000$101,500

Median gross rent

$525$725

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)

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
Under 5	12.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	27.8%	34.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	4.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	3.4%	1.3%
75 and over	1.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	78.9%	96.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
No high school diploma	13.7%	32.3%
High school graduate	69.8%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
Drove alone	0.0%	5.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	61.6%	31.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	38.4%	51.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
1-unit, detached	73.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hooper Bay	Mountain Village
Poverty rate	21.3%	33.4%
Average household size	4.29	4.36
Mean commute (minutes)	5	6
Median year structure built	1989	1984