Big Lake vs Fishhook

A side-by-side comparison of Big Lake and Fishhook: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Lake and Fishhook are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fishhook has the higher population (5,461 vs 3,291 in Big Lake). Fishhook has the higher median household income ($101,518 vs $76,292 in Big Lake). Fishhook has the higher median home value ($361,900 vs $286,600 in Big Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Fishhook
Population	3,291	5,461
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,292	$101,518
Median home value	$286,600	$361,900
Median gross rent	$1,165	$1,784
Housing units	2,762	2,070
Homeownership rate	77.8%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Fishhook
Population	2,678 → 3,291 (+22.9%)	6,788 → 5,461 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$54,324 → $76,292 (+40.4%)	$106,310 → $101,518 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$207,000 → $286,600 (+38.5%)	$311,600 → $361,900 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,165 (+19.4%)	$1,127 → $1,784 (+58.3%)

Big Lake

Population

2,6783,291

Median household income

$54,324$76,292

Median home value

$207,000$286,600

Median gross rent

$976$1,165

Fishhook

Population

6,7885,461

Median household income

$106,310$101,518

Median home value

$311,600$361,900

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Fishhook
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.0%
75 and over	3.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Fishhook
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	73.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	6.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	11.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Fishhook
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	47.3%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Fishhook
Drove alone	63.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.2%	5.5%
Other means	3.4%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Fishhook
1-unit, detached	87.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Fishhook
Poverty rate	12.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	40	38
Median year structure built	1992	2003