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Census Tract 1, Northwest Arctic, AK

4,457 Population
35,416.6 square miles 0.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • Red Dog Mine:
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 28.8 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,467 ±$3,467 Per capita income
  • Red Dog Mine: $
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $30,256 ±$2,892
  • about half the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
$63,750 ±$7,562 Median household income
  • Red Dog Mine: $
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $84,018 ±$4,761
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232

20.2% ±3.4% (893  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 17.9% † 1,315 (±2.4% / ±173)
  • about double the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)

5.6 minutes ±0.5 (5,050  ±854) Mean travel time to work
  • Red Dog Mine:
  • a little less than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.9 12,980 (±0.4 / ±1,478)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)

Families

1,029 ±51 Number of households
  • Red Dog Mine: 0 ±10
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,825 ±65
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
4.2 ±0.2 (4,295  ±27) Persons per household
  • Red Dog Mine: 0
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.8 6,961 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937

5.9% ±2.7% (44  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 3.9% † 60 (±1.3% / ±20)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)

Housing

1,737 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Red Dog Mine: 0 ±10
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 2,744 ±38
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442

$116,900 ±$20,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Red Dog Mine: $
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $199,100 † ±$28,443
  • about one-third of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735

10.4% ±3.5% (456  ±154.5) Moved since previous year
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 12.5% † 912 (±2.6% / ±189.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)

Social

80.9% ±3.8% (1,809  ±102.5) High school grad or higher
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • a little less than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 85.3% 3,419 (±5.8% / ±234)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
4.3% ±1.4% (95  ±31.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 10.6% † 426 (±2.6% / ±102.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)

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

2.2% ±2.6% (100  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • about the same as the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 2.2% 167
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745

4.5% ±1.4% (120  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • Red Dog Mine: 0%
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.6% † 260 (±1.5% / ±72)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
120 Total veterans ±38 104 Male ±31 16 Female ±12

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