Fort Yukon vs Tanana

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

Fort Yukon and Tanana 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 309 in Tanana). Tanana has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $39,934 in Fort Yukon). Fort Yukon has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $63,800 in Tanana).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
Population	583	309
Median age	43.7 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,934	$54,167
Median home value	$110,800	$63,800
Median gross rent	$1,038	$747
Housing units	436	204
Homeownership rate	80.7%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
Population	561 → 583 (+3.9%)	214 → 309 (+44.4%)
Median household income	$32,708 → $39,934 (+22.1%)	$40,313 → $54,167 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $110,800 (+4.1%)	$53,200 → $63,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,038 (+15.3%)	$613 → $747 (+21.9%)

Fort Yukon

Population

561583

Median household income

$32,708$39,934

Median home value

$106,400$110,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,038

Tanana

Population

214309

Median household income

$40,313$54,167

Median home value

$53,200$63,800

Median gross rent

$613$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
Under 5	4.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	22.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.3%
75 and over	8.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	8.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	79.1%	82.2%
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%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
No high school diploma	15.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
Drove alone	43.2%	29.6%
Carpooled	31.1%	0.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	46.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.4%
Other means	5.0%	17.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
1-unit, detached	98.6%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Yukon	Tanana
Poverty rate	16.9%	14.3%
Average household size	1.75	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	5	12
Median year structure built	1985	1985