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Metlakatla, AK

1,235 Population
2.3 square miles 534.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 43.4 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,423 ±$5,952 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: $36,507 ±$2,238
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,279 ±$14,247 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: $61,156 ±$4,165
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±9.3% (164  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 12.7% † 719 (±2.5% / ±143)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

6.2 minutes ±1.6 (3,375  ±1,037) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 12.7 † 29,795 (±1.5 / ±3,990)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

455 ±49 Number of households
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2,419 ±125
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (1,224  ±154) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2.3 5,568 (±0.1 / ±94)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±6% (23  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 7.4% † 77 (±2.1% / ±22)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

518 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 3,250 ±99
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,600 ±$22,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: $225,300 ±$21,925
  • about half the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±8.6% (88  ±106.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 11.5% † 650 (±2.6% / ±148.9)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89% ±6.4% (746  ±138.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 91.8% 3,777 (±4.7% / ±195.6)
  • a little less than 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)
9.3% ±3.7% (78  ±33.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 14.9% † 614 (±1.9% / ±77.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about one-quarter 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

2% ±1.3% (25  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 3.2% 184
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.2% (81  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 9% † 404 (±1.6% / ±70)
  • 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)
81 Total veterans ±33 72 Male ±32 9 Female ±10

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