Koliganek, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Koliganek CDP is a very small community in Alaska, with 224 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #175 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 21.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Koliganek CDP earn a median of $56,250 a year, 28.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Koliganek CDP is valued at $129,200, 57.4% below the national figure and 58% below the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $950 a month, 32.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,400 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 63.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 21.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 224 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Koliganek CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.