Fishhook vs Gateway

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

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

Gateway has the higher population (6,716 vs 5,461 in Fishhook). Gateway has the higher median household income ($137,150 vs $101,518 in Fishhook). Gateway has the higher median home value ($436,200 vs $361,900 in Fishhook).

Population, income & housing

	Fishhook	Gateway
Population	5,461	6,716
Median age	39.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,518	$137,150
Median home value	$361,900	$436,200
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,612
Housing units	2,070	2,112
Homeownership rate	85.3%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishhook	Gateway
Population	6,788 → 5,461 (-19.5%)	7,076 → 6,716 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$106,310 → $101,518 (-4.5%)	$105,543 → $137,150 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$311,600 → $361,900 (+16.1%)	$321,100 → $436,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,784 (+58.3%)	$1,117 → $1,612 (+44.3%)

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

Gateway

Population

7,0766,716

Median household income

$105,543$137,150

Median home value

$321,100$436,200

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishhook	Gateway
Under 5	5.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	26.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	19.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.5%
75 and over	3.6%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishhook	Gateway
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	69.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.1%	4.5%
Asian	1.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.5%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishhook	Gateway
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishhook	Gateway
Drove alone	78.1%	64.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	14.6%
Other means	6.8%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishhook	Gateway
1-unit, detached	88.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fishhook	Gateway
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.85	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	2003	2003