Big Delta vs Deltana

A side-by-side comparison of Big Delta and Deltana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deltana has the higher population (2,064 vs 646 in Big Delta). Big Delta has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $95,927 in Deltana). Deltana has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $276,400 in Big Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Big Delta	Deltana
Population	646	2,064
Median age	29.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$95,927
Median home value	$276,400	$305,300
Median gross rent	$1,470	$1,493
Housing units	246	983
Homeownership rate	62.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	26.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Delta	Deltana
Population	556 → 646 (+16.2%)	2,430 → 2,064 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$71,071 → $101,250 (+42.5%)	$95,174 → $95,927 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $276,400 (+81.6%)	$197,900 → $305,300 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,470 (+23.7%)	$1,272 → $1,493 (+17.4%)

Big Delta

Population

556646

Median household income

$71,071$101,250

Median home value

$152,200$276,400

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,470

Deltana

Population

2,4302,064

Median household income

$95,174$95,927

Median home value

$197,900$305,300

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Delta	Deltana
Under 5	7.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	30.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	6.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Delta	Deltana
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Delta	Deltana
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	26.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Delta	Deltana
Drove alone	82.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.7%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Delta	Deltana
1-unit, detached	94.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Delta	Deltana
Poverty rate	0.5%	12.1%
Average household size	4.27	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1984	1990