Galena vs Nenana

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

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

Galena has the higher population (565 vs 527 in Nenana). Galena has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $51,250 in Nenana). Galena has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $88,600 in Nenana).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Nenana
Population	565	527
Median age	36.1 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$51,250
Median home value	$96,300	$88,600
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,280
Housing units	363	315
Homeownership rate	73.0%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Nenana
Population	495 → 565 (+14.1%)	341 → 527 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$72,188 → $86,250 (+19.5%)	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $96,300 (-19.6%)	$87,700 → $88,600 (+1.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	$688 → $1,280 (+86.0%)

Galena

Population

495565

Median household income

$72,188$86,250

Median home value

$119,800$96,300

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

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)

	Galena	Nenana
Under 5	10.1%	10.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	18.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	5.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	14.8%
75 and over	5.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Nenana
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	49.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	69.6%	34.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Nenana
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Nenana
Drove alone	60.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	16.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.5%
Other means	5.9%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Nenana
1-unit, detached	94.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Nenana
Poverty rate	13.2%	24.9%
Average household size	1.96	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1985	1983