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Galena, AK

565 Population
17.7 square miles 32 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 37.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$49,739 ±$10,014 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: $32,096 ±$3,040
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$86,250 ±$15,207 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: $52,642 † ±$8,978
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

13.2% ±5.8% (73  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 20.8% † 1,086 (±4.2% / ±217)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

11.6 minutes ±11.2 (3,460  ±3,481) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 10.3 † 23,055 (±4.1 / ±9,221)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

282 ±65 Number of households
  • Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2,317 ±211
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2 ±0.6 (553  ±112) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2.1 4,805 (±0.2 / ±53)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

18.2% ±14.2% (32  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 9% † 95 (±4.7% / ±49)
  • more than double the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

363 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 3,958 ±200
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$96,300 ±$19,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: $87,800 † ±$12,087
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

15.1% ±9.2% (82  ±52.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 14.2% † 734 (±5.2% / ±266.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

90.9% ±8.6% (340  ±76.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 86.6% 3,014 (±7.7% / ±273.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
31% ±9.9% (116  ±43.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 12.8% † 445 (±2.3% / ±78.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

3.4% ±4% (19  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 3.2% 171
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

5.8% ±6.2% (24  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 9.8% † 377 (±2.9% / ±111)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
24 Total veterans ±26 19 Male ±25 5 Female ±7

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