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Selawik, AK

403 Population
2.3 square miles 172.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 28.3 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$13,528 ±$3,056 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $28,467 † ±$2,990
  • about one-third of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$50,833 ±$9,424 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $81,298 ±$6,397
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

44.1% ±11.3% (175  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 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)

6.3 minutes ±1.9 (365  ±171) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 6.4 † 14,385 (±1.7 / ±3,971)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

96 ±20 Number of households
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,817 ±72
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
4.2 ±1.2 (403  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.9 7,098 (±0.2 / ±36)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

7.1% ±8.2% (5  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.7% † 94 (±1.9% / ±32)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

133 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 2,744 ±54
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$72,500 ±$26,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $162,500 † ±$21,702
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

12.2% ±9% (48  ±36.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 13.2% † 987 (±3.2% / ±241.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

66.3% ±15% (116  ±37.4) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 85.9% 3,509 (±6.8% / ±280.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
4% ±13.9% (7  ±24.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 12.4% † 506 (±3.5% / ±141)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

1% ±1.4% (2  ±3) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.4% † 258 (±3% / ±144)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
2 Total veterans ±3 2 Male ±3 N/A Female ±10

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