Kotlik vs St. Mary's

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

Kotlik 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.

Kotlik has the higher population (1,166 vs 788 in St. Mary's). Kotlik has the higher median household income ($49,844 vs $45,000 in St. Mary's). St. Mary's has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $75,000 in Kotlik).

Population, income & housing

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
Population	1,166	788
Median age	18.6 yrs	26.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,844	$45,000
Median home value	$75,000	$103,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,500
Housing units	255	290
Homeownership rate	68.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	21.1%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
Population	853 → 1,166 (+36.7%)	747 → 788 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $49,844 (+49.1%)	$42,500 → $45,000 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $75,000 (+28.0%)	$81,700 → $103,400 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $644 (+3.0%)	$738 → $1,500 (+103.3%)

Kotlik

Population

8531,166

Median household income

$33,438$49,844

Median home value

$58,600$75,000

Median gross rent

$625$644

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)

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
Under 5	15.2%	12.9%
5 to 17	33.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	2.7%	5.7%
75 and over	1.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.9%	86.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
No high school diploma	20.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	46.1%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
Drove alone	0.0%	18.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	64.8%	26.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	9.9%
Other means	32.8%	37.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
1-unit, detached	93.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kotlik	St. Mary's
Poverty rate	36.1%	26.4%
Average household size	5.05	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	6	5
Median year structure built	1984	1990