Allakaket vs Kaltag

A side-by-side comparison of Allakaket and Kaltag: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allakaket has the higher population (173 vs 146 in Kaltag). Kaltag has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $24,688 in Allakaket). Allakaket has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $92,700 in Kaltag).

Population, income & housing

	Allakaket	Kaltag
Population	173	146
Median age	26.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$24,688	$41,250
Median home value	$102,100	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$813
Housing units	60	87
Homeownership rate	45.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	0.9%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allakaket	Kaltag
Population	213 → 173 (-18.8%)	180 → 146 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$21,528 → $24,688 (+14.7%)	$33,500 → $41,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $102,100 (+94.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$389 → $700 (+79.9%)	$708 → $813 (+14.8%)

Allakaket

Population

213173

Median household income

$21,528$24,688

Median home value

$52,500$102,100

Median gross rent

$389$700

Kaltag

Population

180146

Median household income

$33,500$41,250

Median gross rent

$708$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allakaket	Kaltag
Under 5	21.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	0.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	38.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	26.7%
45 to 54	1.2%	28.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.8%
75 and over	1.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allakaket	Kaltag
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	32.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	63.6%	67.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allakaket	Kaltag
No high school diploma	20.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	71.7%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allakaket	Kaltag
Drove alone	0.0%	22.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	45.1%	45.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.4%	4.5%
Other means	22.5%	27.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allakaket	Kaltag
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allakaket	Kaltag
Poverty rate	54.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.73	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	5	8
Median year structure built	1988	1987