Arctic Village vs Kaltag

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

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

Arctic Village has the higher population (177 vs 146 in Kaltag). Kaltag has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $39,750 in Arctic Village). Kaltag has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $38,400 in Arctic Village).

Population, income & housing

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
Population	177	146
Median age	19.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,750	$41,250
Median home value	$38,400	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$813
Housing units	64	87
Homeownership rate	67.8%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	0.9%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
Population	185 → 177 (-4.3%)	180 → 146 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,750 (+6.0%)	$33,500 → $41,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $38,400 (-64.4%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$708 → $813 (+14.8%)

Arctic Village

Population

185177

Median household income

$37,500$39,750

Median home value

$108,000$38,400

Kaltag

Population

180146

Median household income

$33,500$41,250

Median gross rent

$708$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	26.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	28.8%
55 to 64	6.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.8%
75 and over	2.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	32.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
No high school diploma	22.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	71.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
Drove alone	10.0%	22.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.0%	45.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	60.0%	27.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arctic Village	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

	Arctic Village	Kaltag
Poverty rate	60.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.97	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	4	8
Median year structure built	1983	1987