Kaltag, Alaska
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 5.6% since 2020.
151
people, the 116th-largest of Alaska's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Alaska's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
98.4%
of 62 jobs located in Kaltag are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2016. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 5% since the 2010–2014 survey, before inflation.
$708
a month. Alaska's median is $1,419.
Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $447.
A $447 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.
- $810 Tract 1
- $1,257 Tract 2
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$323–$484
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $708 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2016 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 81% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 68 homes here.
0–1
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2016 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 63% less than Alaska's.
$129,200
median home value in Kaltag.
- $129,200 Kaltag
- $352,900 Alaska
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year