Kwethluk vs Nunapitchuk

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

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

Kwethluk has the higher population (852 vs 766 in Nunapitchuk). Kwethluk has the higher median household income ($48,056 vs $43,750 in Nunapitchuk). Nunapitchuk has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $63,700 in Kwethluk).

Population, income & housing

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
Population	852	766
Median age	24.2 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,056	$43,750
Median home value	$63,700	$86,700
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	240	166
Homeownership rate	72.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	23.0%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
Population	613 → 852 (+39.0%)	990 → 766 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,056 (+16.5%)	$38,036 → $43,750 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $63,700 (+7.6%)	$52,500 → $86,700 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $825 (+57.1%)	—

Kwethluk

Population

613852

Median household income

$41,250$48,056

Median home value

$59,200$63,700

Median gross rent

$525$825

Nunapitchuk

Population

990766

Median household income

$38,036$43,750

Median home value

$52,500$86,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
Under 5	14.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	26.2%	28.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	1.9%	9.4%
75 and over	1.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.8%	96.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
No high school diploma	22.8%	32.8%
High school graduate	52.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
Drove alone	2.6%	0.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	62.1%	47.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.7%
Other means	31.8%	49.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
1-unit, detached	96.7%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Kwethluk	Nunapitchuk
Poverty rate	36.1%	29.5%
Average household size	4.79	5.01
Mean commute (minutes)	6	7
Median year structure built	1992	1990