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Nome, AK

3,685 Population
12.8 square miles 287.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nome Census Area: 29 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$37,574 ±$2,504 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $25,736 ±$1,158
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $39,236 ±$421
$91,375 ±$6,780 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Nome Census Area: $63,977 ±$2,566
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $80,287 ±$1,113

7.3% ±1.8% (249  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Nome Census Area: 21.9% 2,118 (±2% / ±194)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.4% 75,016 (±0.3% / ±2,458)

6.9 minutes ±0.5 (10,910  ±1,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nome Census Area: 6 19,920 (±0.4 / ±1,620)
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,323,585 (±0.3 / ±102,369)

Families

1,144 ±89 Number of households
  • Nome Census Area: 2,714 ±134
  • Alaska: 260,561 ±1,334
3 ±0.3 (3,417  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nome Census Area: 3.5 9,447 (±0.2 / ±356)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.7 710,024 (±0)

6% ±2.2% (58  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nome Census Area: 7.8% † 182 (±2% / ±47)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 6.1% 10,413 (±0.4% / ±719)

Housing

1,498 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Nome Census Area: 4,092 ±113
  • Alaska: 324,434 ±467

$291,300 ±$19,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Nome Census Area: $151,900 † ±$33,655
  • a little higher than the amount in Alaska: $282,800 ±$2,594

24.4% ±4.9% (885  ±176.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Nome Census Area: 13.3% † 1,310 (±2.1% / ±203)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 16.2% 117,404 (±0.5% / ±3,826.8)

Social

92.6% ±7.8% (2,084  ±200.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nome Census Area: 87.6% 4,927 (±4.8% / ±272.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.3% 451,713 (±0.9% / ±4,561.9)
27% ±6.2% (607  ±143.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 18.4% † 1,033 (±3.7% / ±208.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.1% ±1.4% (152  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nome Census Area: 1.7% † 167 (±0.6% / ±55)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 57,925 (±0.3% / ±1,950)

7.6% ±2.1% (197  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nome Census Area: 5.8% † 379 (±1.3% / ±86)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 11.8% 62,744 (±0.3% / ±1,717)
197 Total veterans ±55 152 Male ±53 45 Female ±19

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