Haines Borough, Alaska Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Haines Borough, AK Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • B
    Health Around average
    Healthier than 77% of counties in Alaska
  • B
    Income Around average
  • A
    Education Above average
    Best educated county in Alaska

Source: Map AI Methodology

Haines Borough
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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Haines Borough Alaska Avg U.S. Average
Population 2,110 735,577 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 0.8 1.1 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -2.12% -0.03% 0.59%
Median age 52.1 36.2 37.3
Households 909 270,488 130,235,071

Population in Haines Borough declined by 12.6% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 2,110 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Haines Borough is Gen X, aged 45–60, at 25.7% of residents. That is 5.8 points above Alaska as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Alaska, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 46.7% of the people living in Haines Borough and men 53.3%.

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Economy

Haines Borough has a the economy index of B, which means it is quite prosperous.

Metric Haines Borough Alaska Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $85,162 $93,666 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 6.18% 2.94% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 4.8% 5.5% 5.2%

The median household income in Haines Borough is about 9% lower than in Alaska.

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Housing

Metric Haines Borough Alaska Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $187,500 $320,616 $248,835
Median rent $1,089 $1,418 $1,407
Homeownership rate 78.3% 66.8% 65.2%

The median home price in Haines Borough is about 14.4 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $1,089 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Haines Borough spend about 14 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 57 hours, about 2.4 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Haines Borough Alaska Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 6.8 16.1 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 13.6 32.2 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 57 134 187
Estimated yearly cost $1,754 $4,157 $5,790
Work from home 11.2% 9.7% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) — 4,865 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 110 583 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Alaska: Skagway Municipality (4.7 min), Northwest Arctic Borough (5.5 min), Nome Census Area (5.8 min).
Slowest: Matanuska-Susitna Borough (25.3 min), Fairbanks North Star Borough (17.2 min), Anchorage Municipality (17.1 min).

The average commute time in Haines Borough is 7 minutes, shorter than the 16 minutes in Alaska.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Haines Borough has a education index of A, which means it is very educated.

Metric Haines Borough Alaska Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 33.0% 27.6% 31.6%
Average household size 2.28 2.61 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Alaska: Haines Borough (0.3), Juneau City and Borough (0.3), Denali Borough (0.3).
Lowest: Kusilvak Census Area (0.1), Bethel Census Area (0.2), Northwest Arctic Borough (0.2).

Health

Haines Borough has a health index of B, which means it is quite healthy.

Metric Haines Borough Alaska Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 82.6 79.9 78.3
Self-rated poor health 12.7% 15.4% 16.3%
Smokers 17.7% 22.7% 19.0%

Highest health index among counties in Alaska: Juneau City and Borough (0.8), Petersburg Borough (0.8), Chugach Census Area (0.8).
Lowest: Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (0.8), Lake and Peninsula Borough (0.8), Northwest Arctic Borough (0.8).

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Haines Borough, AK Compared With Nearby Counties

How Haines Borough, AK compares with the 1 counties closest to it.

Area Population Median household income Median home price Commute
Haines Borough, AK 2,110 $85,162 #2/2 $187,500 #2/2 6.8 min #1/2
Juneau City and Borough, AK 31,790 $102,083 $193,749 13.4 min

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Haines Borough, Alaska.

What is the population of Haines Borough, Alaska?

About 2,110 people live in Haines Borough, Alaska, in 909 households of 2.3 people on average. The median age is 52.1, so residents are older than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 15 years.

How densely populated is Haines Borough, Alaska?

Averaged over its land area, Haines Borough, Alaska has 1 people per square mile, a density typical of rural areas. That is about 1% of the U.S. average of 86.

Is Haines Borough, Alaska an affordable place to live?

The median home costs 2.2 times the median household income ($187,500 against $85,162), compared with 3.1 times nationally. That is within the traditional rule of thumb of about 3 times income. Median rent of $1,089 a month takes about 15% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

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