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Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK

5,715 Population
5,267.6 square miles 1.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,507 ±$2,238 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,156 ±$4,165 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±2.5% (719  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±1.5 (29,795  ±3,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,419 ±125 Number of households
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (5,568  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±2.1% (77  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,250 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$225,300 ±$21,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±2.6% (650  ±148.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.7% (3,777  ±195.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.9% ±1.9% (614  ±77.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% (184  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.6% (404  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
404 Total veterans ±70 378 Male ±68 26 Female ±14

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