Buckland vs Kotzebue

A side-by-side comparison of Buckland and Kotzebue: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kotzebue has the higher population (3,046 vs 629 in Buckland). Kotzebue has the higher median household income ($106,328 vs $56,136 in Buckland). Kotzebue has the higher median home value ($264,500 vs $72,000 in Buckland).

Population, income & housing

	Buckland	Kotzebue
Population	629	3,046
Median age	21.6 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,136	$106,328
Median home value	$72,000	$264,500
Median gross rent	$1,054	$1,610
Housing units	159	1,067
Homeownership rate	78.1%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckland	Kotzebue
Population	675 → 629 (-6.8%)	3,287 → 3,046 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $56,136 (+32.1%)	$81,188 → $106,328 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $72,000 (-17.5%)	$236,500 → $264,500 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,054 (+14.9%)	$1,453 → $1,610 (+10.8%)

Buckland

Population

675629

Median household income

$42,500$56,136

Median home value

$87,300$72,000

Median gross rent

$917$1,054

Kotzebue

Population

3,2873,046

Median household income

$81,188$106,328

Median home value

$236,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckland	Kotzebue
Under 5	11.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	31.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	1.6%	4.8%
75 and over	4.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckland	Kotzebue
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	18.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	91.7%	64.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckland	Kotzebue
No high school diploma	17.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	60.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckland	Kotzebue
Drove alone	6.3%	21.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	37.8%	42.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.5%
Other means	43.3%	10.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckland	Kotzebue
1-unit, detached	95.6%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Buckland	Kotzebue
Poverty rate	17.1%	13.4%
Average household size	4.31	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	3	7
Median year structure built	1983	1983