Pitkas Point vs Scammon Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Pitkas Point and Scammon Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scammon Bay has the higher population (491 vs 221 in Pitkas Point). Pitkas Point has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $38,750 in Scammon Bay). Since 2019, Pitkas Point's population has grown faster (+42.6% vs -17.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
Population	221	491
Median age	22.1 yrs	18.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$38,750
Median home value	$120,800	—
Housing units	52	125
Homeownership rate	60.0%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	38.0%	25.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
Population	155 → 221 (+42.6%)	594 → 491 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $57,500 (+11.3%)	$29,792 → $38,750 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $120,800 (+30.2%)	$61,300 → $77,900 (+27.1%)

Pitkas Point

Population

155221

Median household income

$51,667$57,500

Median home value

$92,800$120,800

Scammon Bay

Population

594491

Median household income

$29,792$38,750

Median home value

$61,300$77,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
Under 5	7.7%	22.4%
5 to 17	38.9%	27.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	3.5%
55 to 64	4.1%	5.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	4.1%
75 and over	0.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	92.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
No high school diploma	18.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	74.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
Drove alone	22.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	40.9%	61.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	36.4%	34.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
1-unit, detached	92.3%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pitkas Point	Scammon Bay
Poverty rate	45.7%	44.0%
Average household size	4.42	4.50
Mean commute (minutes)	6	4
Median year structure built	1983	1985