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Kotzebue, AK

3,046 Population
24.8 square miles 123 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 28.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,341 ±$3,469 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $28,467 † ±$2,990
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$106,328 ±$11,765 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $81,298 ±$6,397
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

13.4% ±3.5% (402  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 18.4% † 1,384 (±2% / ±150)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

7.2 minutes ±2.9 (9,555  ±3,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 6.4 † 14,385 (±1.7 / ±3,971)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

845 ±60 Number of households
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,817 ±72
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
3.3 ±0.2 (2,743  ±52) 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

2.8% ±2% (23  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.7% † 94 (±1.9% / ±32)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

1,067 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 2,744 ±54
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$264,500 ±$29,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $162,500 † ±$21,702
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

17.1% ±4.7% (509  ±141.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 13.2% † 987 (±3.2% / ±241.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

93.2% ±12.4% (1,697  ±232.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 85.9% 3,509 (±6.8% / ±280.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
20% ±6.4% (364  ±117.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 12.4% † 506 (±3.5% / ±141)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.8% ±3.5% (84  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 2.9% 223
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

6.2% ±3.6% (128  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.4% † 258 (±3% / ±144)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
128 Total veterans ±73 89 Male ±44 39 Female ±55

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