Kake vs Thorne Bay

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

Kake and Thorne Bay 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 475 in Thorne Bay). Thorne Bay has the higher median household income ($61,750 vs $50,833 in Kake). Thorne Bay has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $158,300 in Kake).

Population, income & housing

	Kake	Thorne Bay
Population	598	475
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$61,750
Median home value	$158,300	$234,600
Median gross rent	$958	$934
Housing units	305	327
Homeownership rate	73.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kake	Thorne Bay
Population	570 → 598 (+4.9%)	533 → 475 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $50,833 (-10.6%)	$48,214 → $61,750 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $158,300 (+16.1%)	$164,400 → $234,600 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $958 (+3.6%)	$806 → $934 (+15.9%)

Kake

Population

570598

Median household income

$56,875$50,833

Median home value

$136,400$158,300

Median gross rent

$925$958

Thorne Bay

Population

533475

Median household income

$48,214$61,750

Median home value

$164,400$234,600

Median gross rent

$806$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kake	Thorne Bay
Under 5	8.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	13.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	4.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.8%
75 and over	7.5%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kake	Thorne Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	17.7%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	51.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kake	Thorne Bay
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	48.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kake	Thorne Bay
Drove alone	59.7%	39.8%
Carpooled	19.4%	28.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	21.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kake	Thorne Bay
1-unit, detached	72.8%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Kake	Thorne Bay
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	9	18
Median year structure built	1981	1984