Napakiak vs Nunapitchuk

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

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

Nunapitchuk has the higher population (766 vs 595 in Napakiak). Nunapitchuk has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $26,563 in Napakiak). Nunapitchuk has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $31,900 in Napakiak).

Population, income & housing

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
Population	595	766
Median age	22.2 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,563	$43,750
Median home value	$31,900	$86,700
Median gross rent	$1,702	—
Housing units	164	166
Homeownership rate	63.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	40.7%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
Population	386 → 595 (+54.1%)	990 → 766 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$25,795 → $26,563 (+3.0%)	$38,036 → $43,750 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$36,900 → $31,900 (-13.6%)	$52,500 → $86,700 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $1,702 (+258.3%)	—

Napakiak

Population

386595

Median household income

$25,795$26,563

Median home value

$36,900$31,900

Median gross rent

$475$1,702

Nunapitchuk

Population

990766

Median household income

$38,036$43,750

Median home value

$52,500$86,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
Under 5	9.4%	13.4%
5 to 17	34.5%	28.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.0%
65 to 74	3.0%	9.4%
75 and over	2.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	99.3%	96.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
No high school diploma	19.7%	32.8%
High school graduate	66.6%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	11.7%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
Drove alone	11.5%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	44.8%	47.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	43.7%	49.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
1-unit, detached	81.1%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Napakiak	Nunapitchuk
Poverty rate	56.0%	29.5%
Average household size	3.91	5.01
Mean commute (minutes)	5	7
Median year structure built	1984	1990