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Galena, AK

611 Population
17.8 square miles 34.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 37.8 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,957 ±$9,924 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: $33,669 ±$2,628
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,875 ±$46,992 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: $55,741 † ±$6,244
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±8.2% (61  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16% † 826 (±3.7% / ±189)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.7 minutes ±10.8 (3,570  ±3,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11 † 24,500 (±3.6 / ±8,167)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

295 ±81 Number of households
  • Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2,296 † ±359
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.7 (590  ±121) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2.1 † 4,718 (±0.3 / ±60)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±12.1% (16  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 5.2% † 54 (±2.8% / ±29)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

363 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 3,724 ±367
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,000 ±$26,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: $98,500 † ±$12,311
  • about one-third of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.5% ±10.5% (134  ±68.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 11.7% † 599 (±4.4% / ±226.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±11.8% (388  ±99.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 87.6% † 3,038 (±9.3% / ±327.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.4% ±12.6% (152  ±61.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16% † 554 (±4.2% / ±145.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • a little higher than 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

2.8% ±3.9% (17  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 3.1% 160
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±9.3% (21  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 7.5% † 287 (±1.9% / ±74)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
21 Total veterans ±40 9 Male ±8 12 Female ±37

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