Houston vs Point MacKenzie

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Point MacKenzie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point MacKenzie has the higher population (1,728 vs 1,693 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $206,300 in Point MacKenzie). Since 2019, Point MacKenzie's population has grown faster (+36.7% vs -14.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
Population	1,693	1,728
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,865	—
Median home value	$235,900	$206,300
Median gross rent	$831	—
Housing units	1,004	322
Homeownership rate	70.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
Population	1,977 → 1,693 (-14.4%)	1,264 → 1,728 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$52,955 → $60,865 (+14.9%)	$90,536 → $92,125 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$163,900 → $235,900 (+43.9%)	$262,500 → $206,300 (-21.4%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $831 (-14.4%)	—

Houston

Population

1,9771,693

Median household income

$52,955$60,865

Median home value

$163,900$235,900

Median gross rent

$971$831

Point MacKenzie

Population

1,2641,728

Median household income

$90,536$92,125

Median home value

$262,500$206,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	5.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	23.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	5.0%
75 and over	4.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	24.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
No high school diploma	9.2%	17.3%
High school graduate	46.8%	68.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
Drove alone	69.7%	43.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	30.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	12.4%
Other means	9.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
1-unit, detached	82.6%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Point MacKenzie
Poverty rate	18.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	54	35
Median year structure built	1992	1998