Kokhanok vs Port Heiden

A side-by-side comparison of Kokhanok and Port Heiden: population, income, housing, and more.

Kokhanok and Port Heiden are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kokhanok has the higher population (91 vs 73 in Port Heiden). Port Heiden has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $43,000 in Kokhanok). Port Heiden has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $125,000 in Kokhanok).

Population, income & housing

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
Population	91	73
Median age	28.4 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,000	$67,917
Median home value	$125,000	$137,500
Housing units	53	46
Homeownership rate	66.7%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
Population	180 → 91 (-49.4%)	88 → 73 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $43,000 (+31.0%)	$46,875 → $67,917 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $125,000 (+66.7%)	$55,000 → $137,500 (+150.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $633 (-6.2%)	—

Kokhanok

Population

18091

Median household income

$32,813$43,000

Median home value

$75,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$675$633

Port Heiden

Population

8873

Median household income

$46,875$67,917

Median home value

$55,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
Under 5	18.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	23.1%	38.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	20.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	3.3%	2.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	2.2%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	61.5%	84.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
No high school diploma	3.8%	28.9%
High school graduate	48.1%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
Drove alone	6.1%	73.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	75.8%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
1-unit, detached	96.2%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kokhanok	Port Heiden
Poverty rate	37.4%	24.7%
Average household size	2.53	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	4	6
Median year structure built	1984	1990