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Skagway, AK

1,212 Population
9.4 square miles 128.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Skagway Municipality: 42.5 † ±4.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,622 ±$10,163 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Skagway Municipality: $53,798 † ±$9,380
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$85,893 ±$15,436 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Skagway Municipality: $78,594 † ±$14,097
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

6.7% ±6.2% (81  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Skagway Municipality: 6.2% † 81 (±5.7% / ±75)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

4.7 minutes ±1.1 (3,405  ±566) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Skagway Municipality: 5 3,810 (±0.4 / ±665)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

401 ±53 Number of households
  • Skagway Municipality: 451 † ±59
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.4 ±0.4 (973  ±89) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Skagway Municipality: 2.4 † 1,069 (±0.4 / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

7.5% ±9.6% (28  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Skagway Municipality: 8.4% † 32 (±9.6% / ±38)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

572 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Skagway Municipality: 656 ±58
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$415,900 ±$28,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Skagway Municipality: $430,000 ±$19,923
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

15.9% ±6.2% (190  ±75.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Skagway Municipality: 14.9% † 192 (±5.8% / ±75.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

97.5% ±15.4% (933  ±180.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Skagway Municipality: 93.7% † 973 (±15.3% / ±184.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
27.5% ±8.2% (263  ±83.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Skagway Municipality: 27.8% † 288 (±8.3% / ±90.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

16.8% ±10.3% (204  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Skagway Municipality: 16.3% † 213 (±9.6% / ±126)
  • more than double the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

4.8% ±3.6% (50  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Skagway Municipality: 4.4% † 50 (±3.4% / ±38)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
50 Total veterans ±38 36 Male ±15 14 Female ±35

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