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Nome, AK

3,668 Population
12.8 square miles 286.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nome Census Area: 29.4 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$44,793 ±$4,521 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $30,047 † ±$3,823
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$113,561 ±$13,447 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $76,643 ±$6,111
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

7.9% ±2.6% (271  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nome Census Area: 21.1% † 2,026 (±2.1% / ±207)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

6.6 minutes ±1.1 (10,580  ±2,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nome Census Area: 5.8 † 19,620 (±0.7 / ±2,593)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

1,180 ±86 Number of households
  • Nome Census Area: 2,786 ±92
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.9 ±0.2 (3,371  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nome Census Area: 3.4 9,321 (±0.1 / ±147)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

7.2% ±3.1% (72  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nome Census Area: 8.7% † 206 (±2.1% / ±50)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

1,502 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Nome Census Area: 4,109 ±61
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$338,900 ±$57,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $201,000 † ±$31,713
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

19.6% ±4.8% (705  ±173.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 11.4% † 1,106 (±2% / ±194.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

92.3% ±9.9% (2,062  ±250.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nome Census Area: 88.6% 4,915 (±6.1% / ±366.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
24.4% ±4.9% (545  ±112.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 17.5% † 968 (±3.2% / ±179.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

5.3% ±1.7% (194  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nome Census Area: 2.3% 227
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

6.7% ±1.7% (175  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nome Census Area: 5.5% † 357 (±0.8% / ±55)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
175 Total veterans ±44 137 Male ±43 38 Female ±21

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