Bethel vs Nunapitchuk

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Nunapitchuk: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethel and Nunapitchuk are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethel has the higher population (6,313 vs 766 in Nunapitchuk). Bethel has the higher median household income ($109,718 vs $43,750 in Nunapitchuk). Bethel has the higher median home value ($354,400 vs $86,700 in Nunapitchuk).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
Population	6,313	766
Median age	30.9 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,718	$43,750
Median home value	$354,400	$86,700
Median gross rent	$1,657	—
Housing units	2,484	166
Homeownership rate	44.2%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
Population	6,472 → 6,313 (-2.5%)	990 → 766 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$83,367 → $109,718 (+31.6%)	$38,036 → $43,750 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$280,400 → $354,400 (+26.4%)	$52,500 → $86,700 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $1,657 (+6.8%)	—

Bethel

Population

6,4726,313

Median household income

$83,367$109,718

Median home value

$280,400$354,400

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,657

Nunapitchuk

Population

990766

Median household income

$38,036$43,750

Median home value

$52,500$86,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
Under 5	8.8%	13.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	28.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	4.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.4%
75 and over	2.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
White (non-Hispanic)	16.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	67.8%	96.9%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
No high school diploma	11.6%	32.8%
High school graduate	43.6%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
Drove alone	39.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	47.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	2.7%
Other means	11.4%	49.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
1-unit, detached	61.9%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Nunapitchuk
Poverty rate	12.8%	29.5%
Average household size	2.95	5.01
Mean commute (minutes)	10	7
Median year structure built	1989	1990