Fort Yukon vs Nenana

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Yukon and Nenana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Yukon has the higher population (583 vs 527 in Nenana). Nenana has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $39,934 in Fort Yukon). Fort Yukon has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $88,600 in Nenana).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
Population	583	527
Median age	43.7 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,934	$51,250
Median home value	$110,800	$88,600
Median gross rent	$1,038	$1,280
Housing units	436	315
Homeownership rate	80.7%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
Population	561 → 583 (+3.9%)	341 → 527 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$32,708 → $39,934 (+22.1%)	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $110,800 (+4.1%)	$87,700 → $88,600 (+1.0%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,038 (+15.3%)	$688 → $1,280 (+86.0%)

Fort Yukon

Population

561583

Median household income

$32,708$39,934

Median home value

$106,400$110,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,038

Nenana

Population

341527

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$87,700$88,600

Median gross rent

$688$1,280

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
Under 5	4.8%	10.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	5.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	14.8%
75 and over	8.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	49.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	79.1%	34.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.9%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
No high school diploma	15.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
Drove alone	43.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	31.1%	3.5%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.5%
Other means	5.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
1-unit, detached	98.6%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Yukon	Nenana
Poverty rate	16.9%	24.9%
Average household size	1.75	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	5	18
Median year structure built	1985	1983