What is the population of Tok CDP?

Tok CDP has 1,490 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 355 in Alaska.

What is the median household income in Tok CDP?

Median household income in Tok CDP is $44,405 a year, 43.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tok CDP?

Median gross rent is $648 a month and the median home value is $223,700, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.

Is Tok CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tok CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tok, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Tok, Alaska (Tok, AK — Census place “Tok CDP”) is 1,490 residents, ranking #58 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $44,405, the median home is worth $223,700 and median gross rent runs $648 a month. Looking for the Tok Alaska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tok, AK: 99780.

Population: 1,490Tok CDP residents
Median household income: $44,405Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $223,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $648Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 48 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.5%Owner-occupied households

Tok ZIP codes (Alaska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tok.

The Tok AK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

99780

What the numbers mean in Tok CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Tok CDP median would spend about 17.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18% of residents and 83.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Tok CDP, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Tok CDP is a small town in Alaska, with 1,490 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #58 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 48 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Tok CDP earn a median of $44,405 a year, 43.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 45% below the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 18% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Tok CDP is valued at $223,700, 26.3% below the national figure and 27% below the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $648 a month, 53.9% below the national figure, or roughly $7,776 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Tok CDP?: Tok CDP has 1,490 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 355 in Alaska.
What is the median household income in Tok CDP?: Median household income in Tok CDP is $44,405 a year, 43.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tok CDP?: Median gross rent is $648 a month and the median home value is $223,700, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
Is Tok CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tok CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Tok CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.