Chickaloon vs Trapper Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Chickaloon and Trapper Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Chickaloon and Trapper Creek are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Trapper Creek has the higher population (514 vs 318 in Chickaloon). Trapper Creek has the higher median household income ($70,048 vs $46,042 in Chickaloon). Chickaloon has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $194,600 in Trapper Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
Population	318	514
Median age	49.1 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,042	$70,048
Median home value	$245,000	$194,600
Housing units	291	775
Homeownership rate	85.5%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
Population	210 → 318 (+51.4%)	358 → 514 (+43.6%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $46,042 (-3.1%)	$44,250 → $70,048 (+58.3%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $245,000 (+43.4%)	$129,500 → $194,600 (+50.3%)

Chickaloon

Population

210318

Median household income

$47,500$46,042

Median home value

$170,800$245,000

Trapper Creek

Population

358514

Median household income

$44,250$70,048

Median home value

$129,500$194,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
Under 5	12.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	19.8%	1.9%
35 to 44	4.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	3.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	25.8%	30.4%
75 and over	8.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
Drove alone	39.7%	51.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	33.9%
Other means	0.0%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
1-unit, detached	95.9%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	4.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Chickaloon	Trapper Creek
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.43	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	12	75
Median year structure built	1991	1992