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Whittier, AK

411 Population
12.3 square miles 33.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chugach Census Area: 37.9 ±2.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,155 ±$10,237 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chugach Census Area: $47,365 ±$3,693
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,500 ±$29,179 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chugach Census Area: $90,509 ±$6,779
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±7.4% (84  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Chugach Census Area: 5.9% † 388 (±2.1% / ±136)
  • about double the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

7.6 minutes ±3.7 (1,235  ±865) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chugach Census Area: 9.2 † 30,870 (±0.9 / ±3,766)
  • about two-fifths 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

138 ±46 Number of households
  • Chugach Census Area: 2,861 ±175
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (327  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chugach Census Area: 2.3 6,431 (±0.2 / ±189)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±4.9% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chugach Census Area: 6.3% † 95 (±3.4% / ±52)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

315 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Chugach Census Area: 3,922 ±144
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,800 ±$14,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Chugach Census Area: $346,200 ±$31,725
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±12.9% (63  ±56.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 13.4% † 914 (±3.4% / ±229.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±7.2% (244  ±80.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 96.3% 4,634 (±7.6% / ±382.9)
  • 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)
33.2% ±18.9% (89  ±58.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chugach Census Area: 31.4% † 1,511 (±4.9% / ±239.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

18.7% ±9.6% (77  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chugach Census Area: 5.8% 401
  • more than double the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.5% ±4.1% (38  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chugach Census Area: 8.6% † 444 (±2.1% / ±109)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
38 Total veterans ±19 37 Male ±19 1 Female ±2

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