Chignik vs Pedro Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Chignik and Pedro Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chignik has the higher population (28 vs 14 in Pedro Bay). Chignik has the higher median household income ($94,167 vs $80,833 in Pedro Bay). Pedro Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $116,700 in Chignik).

Population, income & housing

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
Population	28	14
Median age	44.5 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,167	$80,833
Median home value	$116,700	$275,000
Housing units	80	32
Homeownership rate	83.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
Population	57 → 28 (-50.9%)	31 → 14 (-54.8%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $94,167 (+115.2%)	$53,750 → $80,833 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $116,700 (+45.9%)	$154,200 → $275,000 (+78.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $725 (+0.0%)	—

Chignik

Population

5728

Median household income

$43,750$94,167

Median home value

$80,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$725$725

Pedro Bay

Population

3114

Median household income

$53,750$80,833

Median home value

$154,200$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
Under 5	7.1%	14.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	57.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	0.0%
75 and over	7.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	10.7%	7.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	32.1%	78.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	57.1%	14.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
No high school diploma	9.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
Drove alone	29.4%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	29.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	17.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.5%
Other means	11.8%	87.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
1-unit, detached	80.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chignik	Pedro Bay
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	1.40
Mean commute (minutes)	3	—
Median year structure built	1977	1986