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Whittier, AK

471 Population
12.3 square miles 38.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chugach Census Area: 38.4 ±2.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,055 ±$9,338 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chugach Census Area: $45,898 ±$3,308
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$57,188 ±$33,969 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chugach Census Area: $88,565 † ±$9,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

15.9% ±9.8% (75  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Chugach Census Area: 4.8% † 326 (±1.6% / ±109)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

6.7 minutes ±2.2 (1,180  ±677) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Chugach Census Area: 9.9 † 32,865 (±1.2 / ±4,567)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

167 ±52 Number of households
  • Chugach Census Area: 2,679 ±257
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.7 ±0.5 (442  ±162) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chugach Census Area: 2.5 † 6,645 (±0.3 / ±522)
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

2.5% ±4% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chugach Census Area: 8.8% † 130 (±4.4% / ±65)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

340 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Chugach Census Area: 3,745 ±233
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$83,500 ±$10,647 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Chugach Census Area: $330,900 ±$25,644
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

15.5% ±9.4% (72  ±50.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 13.3% † 912 (±4.3% / ±295.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

91.5% ±37.3% (270  ±68.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 95.7% 4,651 (±8.4% / ±421.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
30.9% ±12.7% (91  ±47.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 29.6% † 1,438 (±5.7% / ±277.1)
  • 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

15.9% ±6.2% (75  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chugach Census Area: 5.4% 376
  • about double the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

11.3% ±5.9% (37  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 10.4% † 545 (±2.8% / ±152)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
37 Total veterans ±22 36 Male ±20 1 Female ±4

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