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Kobuk, AK

125 Population
15.5 square miles 8.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.1 ±11.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 28.3 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$17,250 ±$7,213 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $28,467 † ±$2,990
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$31,429 ±$22,192 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $81,298 ±$6,397
  • about one-third of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

36.8% ±23.3% (46  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 18.4% † 1,384 (±2% / ±150)
  • more than double the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

9.8 minutes ±7.1 (305  ±283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 6.4 † 14,385 (±1.7 / ±3,971)
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

38 ±15 Number of households
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,817 ±72
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
3.3 ±0.5 (125  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.9 7,098 (±0.2 / ±36)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

5.3% ±15.2% (1  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.7% † 94 (±1.9% / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

56 ±15 Number of housing units
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 2,744 ±54
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

2.5% ±14.5% (3  ±17.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 13.2% † 987 (±3.2% / ±241.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

73.2% ±64.3% (41  ±39.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 85.9% 3,509 (±6.8% / ±280.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.8% ±5.6% (1  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 2.9% 223
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±10 N/A Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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