Galena vs Tanana

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

Galena and Tanana 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 309 in Tanana). Galena has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $54,167 in Tanana). Galena has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $63,800 in Tanana).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Tanana
Population	565	309
Median age	36.1 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$54,167
Median home value	$96,300	$63,800
Median gross rent	$1,250	$747
Housing units	363	204
Homeownership rate	73.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Tanana
Population	495 → 565 (+14.1%)	214 → 309 (+44.4%)
Median household income	$72,188 → $86,250 (+19.5%)	$40,313 → $54,167 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $96,300 (-19.6%)	$53,200 → $63,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	$613 → $747 (+21.9%)

Galena

Population

495565

Median household income

$72,188$86,250

Median home value

$119,800$96,300

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

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)

	Galena	Tanana
Under 5	10.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	18.4%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	22.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.3%
75 and over	5.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Tanana
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	69.6%	82.2%
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%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Tanana
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Tanana
Drove alone	60.3%	29.6%
Carpooled	16.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	46.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.4%
Other means	5.9%	17.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Tanana
1-unit, detached	94.5%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Tanana
Poverty rate	13.2%	14.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	12	12
Median year structure built	1985	1985