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Utqiaġvik, AK

4,850 Population
18.8 square miles 258.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Slope Borough: 35.2 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,603 ±$6,092 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Slope Borough: $60,295 ±$5,273
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$89,038 ±$23,321 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Slope Borough: $86,313 † ±$14,903
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

9.1% ±4% (434  ±190) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Slope Borough: 8.4% † 897 (±2.1% / ±230)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

11.3 minutes ±7.7 (21,880  ±15,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Slope Borough: 13.6 † 79,520 (±5.5 / ±32,334)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

1,512 ±81 Number of households
  • North Slope Borough: 2,205 ±96
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
3.1 ±0.2 (4,653  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Slope Borough: 3.3 7,291 (±0.2 / ±261)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Slope Borough: 2.5% † 51 (±1% / ±21)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

1,750 ±76 Number of housing units
  • North Slope Borough: 2,640 ±79
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$282,400 ±$53,641 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Slope Borough: $219,600 ±$21,400
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

10.5% ±4.5% (506  ±217.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Slope Borough: 13.7% † 1,481 (±3.5% / ±377.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

84.9% ±9.7% (2,318  ±313.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Slope Borough: 90.2% 6,585 (±6.5% / ±500.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
13.8% ±5.8% (378  ±159.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Slope Borough: 14.9% † 1,090 (±3.1% / ±229.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

9.2% ±3.2% (448  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Slope Borough: 7% 760
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

3.7% ±3.4% (120  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Slope Borough: 4.4% † 362 (±1.5% / ±125)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
120 Total veterans ±110 110 Male ±105 10 Female ±16

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