Delta Junction vs Tetlin

A side-by-side comparison of Delta Junction and Tetlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delta Junction has the higher population (1,154 vs 208 in Tetlin). Delta Junction has the higher median home value ($268,700 vs $47,900 in Tetlin). Since 2019, Delta Junction's population has grown faster (+16.2% vs -6.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
Population	1,154	208
Median age	36.1 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,694	—
Median home value	$268,700	$47,900
Median gross rent	$1,155	—
Housing units	596	82
Homeownership rate	74.7%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
Population	993 → 1,154 (+16.2%)	223 → 208 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$68,500 → $85,694 (+25.1%)	$22,500 → $20,417 (-9.3%)
Median home value	$222,200 → $268,700 (+20.9%)	$56,100 → $47,900 (-14.6%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,155 (+28.6%)	—

Delta Junction

Population

9931,154

Median household income

$68,500$85,694

Median home value

$222,200$268,700

Median gross rent

$898$1,155

Tetlin

Population

223208

Median household income

$22,500$20,417

Median home value

$56,100$47,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
Under 5	9.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	14.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.2%
35 to 44	23.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	4.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	11.5%
75 and over	4.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	95.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
No high school diploma	4.9%	23.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	63.4%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
Drove alone	77.6%	53.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	15.6%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	31.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
1-unit, detached	70.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delta Junction	Tetlin
Poverty rate	8.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.50	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1985	1991