Kiana vs Selawik

A side-by-side comparison of Kiana and Selawik: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kiana has the higher population (471 vs 403 in Selawik). Kiana has the higher median household income ($66,719 vs $50,833 in Selawik). Kiana has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $72,500 in Selawik).

Population, income & housing

	Kiana	Selawik
Population	471	403
Median age	24.8 yrs	19.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,719	$50,833
Median home value	$115,600	$72,500
Median gross rent	$925	$488
Housing units	149	133
Homeownership rate	73.3%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	28.8%	34.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiana	Selawik
Population	285 → 471 (+65.3%)	792 → 403 (-49.1%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $66,719 (+49.7%)	$31,250 → $50,833 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $115,600 (+6.7%)	$83,600 → $72,500 (-13.3%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $925 (+7.8%)	$788 → $488 (-38.1%)

Kiana

Population

285471

Median household income

$44,583$66,719

Median home value

$108,300$115,600

Median gross rent

$858$925

Selawik

Population

792403

Median household income

$31,250$50,833

Median home value

$83,600$72,500

Median gross rent

$788$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiana	Selawik
Under 5	8.3%	13.9%
5 to 17	27.4%	34.5%
18 to 24	15.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.4%
45 to 54	5.9%	2.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.2%
75 and over	4.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiana	Selawik
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.7%	89.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiana	Selawik
No high school diploma	13.4%	33.7%
High school graduate	58.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiana	Selawik
Drove alone	8.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	9.4%
Walked	45.2%	56.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	9.4%
Other means	19.1%	25.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiana	Selawik
1-unit, detached	91.9%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kiana	Selawik
Poverty rate	22.9%	44.1%
Average household size	4.49	4.20
Mean commute (minutes)	4	6
Median year structure built	1985	1987