Lazy Mountain vs Talkeetna

A side-by-side comparison of Lazy Mountain and Talkeetna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lazy Mountain has the higher population (1,472 vs 997 in Talkeetna). Lazy Mountain has the higher median household income ($93,854 vs $72,250 in Talkeetna). Lazy Mountain has the higher median home value ($334,100 vs $243,100 in Talkeetna).

Population, income & housing

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
Population	1,472	997
Median age	45.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,854	$72,250
Median home value	$334,100	$243,100
Median gross rent	$967	$879
Housing units	620	830
Homeownership rate	83.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
Population	1,650 → 1,472 (-10.8%)	1,237 → 997 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$65,833 → $93,854 (+42.6%)	$71,389 → $72,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$259,700 → $334,100 (+28.6%)	$222,200 → $243,100 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $967 (-6.4%)	$1,220 → $879 (-28.0%)

Lazy Mountain

Population

1,6501,472

Median household income

$65,833$93,854

Median home value

$259,700$334,100

Median gross rent

$1,033$967

Talkeetna

Population

1,237997

Median household income

$71,389$72,250

Median home value

$222,200$243,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
Under 5	3.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	32.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	19.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	19.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.5%
75 and over	6.5%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
Drove alone	67.0%	61.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	28.7%
Other means	3.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
1-unit, detached	88.1%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Lazy Mountain	Talkeetna
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1990	1996