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Kotzebue, AK

3,199 Population
24.8 square miles 129.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 28.7 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$37,300 ±$3,226 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $26,748 ±$2,438
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $39,236 ±$421
$95,385 ±$15,096 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $68,654 † ±$8,044
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $80,287 ±$1,113

14.8% ±4.5% (465  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.5% † 1,580 (±2.7% / ±205)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 10.4% 75,016 (±0.3% / ±2,458)

6.6 minutes ±0.8 (9,050  ±1,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.9 14,235 (±0.5 / ±1,480)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,323,585 (±0.3 / ±102,369)

Families

874 ±80 Number of households
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,756 ±78
  • Alaska: 260,561 ±1,334
3.4 ±0.4 (2,968  ±203) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.2 7,345 (±0.2 / ±206)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.7 710,024 (±0)

4.3% ±2.7% (34  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 6.9% † 117 (±2.4% / ±41)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 6.1% 10,413 (±0.4% / ±719)

Housing

1,123 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Northwest Arctic Borough: 2,728 ±61
  • Alaska: 324,434 ±467

$246,400 ±$35,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Northwest Arctic Borough: $130,700 † ±$22,319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $282,800 ±$2,594

17.8% ±4.8% (563  ±151.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 11.8% † 904 (±2.7% / ±207.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 16.2% 117,404 (±0.5% / ±3,826.8)

Social

91.5% ±7.3% (1,721  ±158.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 84.3% 3,617 (±5.1% / ±222.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.3% 451,713 (±0.9% / ±4,561.9)
21.6% ±4.8% (407  ±92.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 14.4% † 619 (±2.9% / ±124)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 30.6% 148,191 (±0.5% / ±2,616.8)

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

2.3% ±2.1% (72  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 1.7% † 133 (±0.6% / ±50)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 57,925 (±0.3% / ±1,950)

6.7% ±2.1% (148  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Northwest Arctic Borough: 5.6% † 281 (±1.3% / ±64)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 11.8% 62,744 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
148 Total veterans ±46 120 Male ±41 28 Female ±26

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