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Kotzebue, AK

3,088 Population
24.8 square miles 124.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 29.2 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.3 ±0.1

Economics

$41,747 ±$3,699 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $32,133 † ±$7,375
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $42,828 ±$523
$101,071 ±$13,648 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $77,647 ±$6,180
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $86,370 ±$1,083

13.2% ±3.8% (402  ±114) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 18.5% † 1,405 (±2.1% / ±156)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,227 (±0.5% / ±3,390)

7.1 minutes ±1.7 (9,685  ±2,460) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 6.6 † 15,780 (±1.1 / ±3,009)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.3 6,227,605 (±0.3 / ±101,906)

Families

852 ±46 Number of households
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,776 ±54
  • Alaska: 264,376 ±1,393
3.3 ±0.2 (2,808  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 4 7,170 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.7 704,874

3.8% ±2.3% (32  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 6.1% † 101 (±2% / ±33)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 6.2% 10,454 (±0.4% / ±619)

Housing

1,091 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 2,726 ±32
  • Alaska: 326,188 ±564

$251,900 ±$34,875 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $147,200 † ±$29,780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $318,000 ±$3,343

14.4% ±5.1% (436  ±,154.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 10.6% † 798 (±3.1% / ±,235.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 15.4% 111,404 (±0.5% / ±3,672.6)

Social

93.1% ±10.2% (1,724  ±,210.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 86.1% 3,640 (±7.1% / ±,308.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 454,182 (±1% / ±4,688.8)
19.3% ±5.2% (358  ±97.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 15.2% † 641 (±5.2% / ±,218.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 30.8% 149,397 (±0.6% / ±2,881.6)

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

3.2% ±3.3% (100  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 1.9% 143
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 58,074

7.6% ±4.2% (160  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.4% † 264 (±2% / ±98)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 11.5% 61,251 (±0.3% / ±1,756)
160 Total veterans ±89 113 Male ±48 47 Female ±55

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