Kasaan vs Port Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of Kasaan and Port Alexander: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kasaan has the higher population (72 vs 26 in Port Alexander). Kasaan has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $37,917 in Port Alexander). Kasaan has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $112,500 in Port Alexander).

Population, income & housing

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
Population	72	26
Median age	52.5 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,667	$37,917
Median home value	$383,300	$112,500
Median gross rent	$963	—
Housing units	31	63
Homeownership rate	65.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	36.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
Population	72 → 72 (+0.0%)	88 → 26 (-70.5%)
Median household income	$75,417 → $91,667 (+21.5%)	$68,594 → $37,917 (-44.7%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $383,300 (+283.3%)	$110,000 → $112,500 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $963 (+7.0%)	—

Kasaan

Population

7272

Median household income

$75,417$91,667

Median home value

$100,000$383,300

Median gross rent

$900$963

Port Alexander

Population

8826

Median household income

$68,594$37,917

Median home value

$110,000$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.2%	26.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	31.9%	26.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.5%
75 and over	6.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	40.3%	0.0%
Asian	12.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.4%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
Drove alone	65.8%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	7.9%	0.0%
Walked	26.3%	42.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	57.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
1-unit, detached	67.7%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Kasaan	Port Alexander
Poverty rate	15.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.00
Median year structure built	1985	1981