Hydaburg vs Kake

A side-by-side comparison of Hydaburg and Kake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kake has the higher population (598 vs 297 in Hydaburg). Kake has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $49,375 in Hydaburg). Kake has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $120,000 in Hydaburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hydaburg	Kake
Population	297	598
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$50,833
Median home value	$120,000	$158,300
Median gross rent	$600	$958
Housing units	136	305
Homeownership rate	67.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hydaburg	Kake
Population	342 → 297 (-13.2%)	570 → 598 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $49,375 (+46.3%)	$56,875 → $50,833 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $120,000 (+8.6%)	$136,400 → $158,300 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $600 (-2.1%)	$925 → $958 (+3.6%)

Hydaburg

Population

342297

Median household income

$33,750$49,375

Median home value

$110,500$120,000

Median gross rent

$613$600

Kake

Population

570598

Median household income

$56,875$50,833

Median home value

$136,400$158,300

Median gross rent

$925$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hydaburg	Kake
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.5%
75 and over	8.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hydaburg	Kake
White (non-Hispanic)	9.4%	17.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.7%	51.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	23.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hydaburg	Kake
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	53.7%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hydaburg	Kake
Drove alone	51.4%	59.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	27.5%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.9%
Other means	5.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hydaburg	Kake
1-unit, detached	85.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Hydaburg	Kake
Poverty rate	18.2%	17.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	12	9
Median year structure built	1983	1981