Lazy Mountain vs Willow

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

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

Willow has the higher population (1,769 vs 1,472 in Lazy Mountain). Lazy Mountain has the higher median household income ($93,854 vs $74,669 in Willow). Lazy Mountain has the higher median home value ($334,100 vs $285,100 in Willow).

Population, income & housing

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
Population	1,472	1,769
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,854	$74,669
Median home value	$334,100	$285,100
Median gross rent	$967	$1,282
Housing units	620	1,922
Homeownership rate	83.5%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
Population	1,650 → 1,472 (-10.8%)	1,987 → 1,769 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$65,833 → $93,854 (+42.6%)	$52,768 → $74,669 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$259,700 → $334,100 (+28.6%)	$193,200 → $285,100 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $967 (-6.4%)	$1,135 → $1,282 (+13.0%)

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

Willow

Population

1,9871,769

Median household income

$52,768$74,669

Median home value

$193,200$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.2%	3.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
Drove alone	67.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	13.1%
Other means	3.3%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
1-unit, detached	88.1%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lazy Mountain	Willow
Poverty rate	9.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	31	60
Median year structure built	1990	1994