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Nome, AK

3,653 Population
12.7 square miles 287.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nome Census Area: 29.4 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,340 ±$4,172 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $32,238 ±$1,664
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$113,646 ±$13,810 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $78,681 ±$4,699
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±2.9% (301  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nome Census Area: 21.5% † 2,062 (±2.5% / ±237)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

6.4 minutes ±0.7 (10,070  ±1,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nome Census Area: 6.3 21,130 (±0.5 / ±1,946)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,166 ±74 Number of households
  • Nome Census Area: 2,816 ±75
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (3,366  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nome Census Area: 3.3 9,364 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±2.8% (41  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nome Census Area: 7% † 159 (±1.9% / ±43)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,514 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Nome Census Area: 4,102 ±32
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$356,900 ±$29,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $211,200 ±$11,158
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.3% ±5.3% (625  ±189.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 10.3% † 996 (±2.1% / ±204.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±7.1% (2,077  ±210.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nome Census Area: 89.9% 4,955 (±3.9% / ±240.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.1% ±3.8% (485  ±89.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 14% † 770 (±1.8% / ±101.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.6% ±1.6% (167  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nome Census Area: 2.2% 215
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2% (175  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 4.8% † 311 (±1% / ±62)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
175 Total veterans ±53 141 Male ±42 34 Female ±25

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