Grayling vs Kaltag

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

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

Grayling has the higher population (171 vs 146 in Kaltag). Grayling has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $41,250 in Kaltag). Grayling has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $92,700 in Kaltag).

Population, income & housing

	Grayling	Kaltag
Population	171	146
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$41,250
Median home value	$110,300	$92,700
Median gross rent	$775	$813
Housing units	76	87
Homeownership rate	78.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	0.9%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayling	Kaltag
Population	183 → 171 (-6.6%)	180 → 146 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $52,188 (+89.8%)	$33,500 → $41,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $110,300 (+120.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$525 → $775 (+47.6%)	$708 → $813 (+14.8%)

Grayling

Population

183171

Median household income

$27,500$52,188

Median home value

$50,000$110,300

Median gross rent

$525$775

Kaltag

Population

180146

Median household income

$33,500$41,250

Median gross rent

$708$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grayling	Kaltag
Under 5	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	1.8%	13.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.5%	26.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	28.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.1%	4.8%
75 and over	9.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayling	Kaltag
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	32.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.2%	67.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	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+

	Grayling	Kaltag
No high school diploma	29.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.9%	71.7%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayling	Kaltag
Drove alone	22.2%	22.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.3%	45.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.5%
Other means	30.2%	27.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayling	Kaltag
1-unit, detached	97.4%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	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

	Grayling	Kaltag
Poverty rate	18.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	4	8
Median year structure built	1981	1987