Brevig Mission vs Gambell

A side-by-side comparison of Brevig Mission and Gambell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brevig Mission has the higher population (691 vs 464 in Gambell). Brevig Mission has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $48,750 in Gambell). Brevig Mission has the higher median home value ($80,900 vs $77,300 in Gambell).

Population, income & housing

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
Population	691	464
Median age	22.0 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$48,750
Median home value	$80,900	$77,300
Median gross rent	$813	$900
Housing units	161	175
Homeownership rate	76.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	32.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
Population	384 → 691 (+79.9%)	591 → 464 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $55,000 (+37.5%)	$41,500 → $48,750 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $80,900 (-4.8%)	$58,300 → $77,300 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $813 (+15.2%)	$1,025 → $900 (-12.2%)

Brevig Mission

Population

384691

Median household income

$40,000$55,000

Median home value

$85,000$80,900

Median gross rent

$706$813

Gambell

Population

591464

Median household income

$41,500$48,750

Median home value

$58,300$77,300

Median gross rent

$1,025$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
Under 5	13.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	4.1%
75 and over	1.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	2.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.6%	93.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
No high school diploma	14.9%	20.5%
High school graduate	58.7%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
Drove alone	1.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.9%	24.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.8%
Other means	40.6%	69.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
1-unit, detached	95.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brevig Mission	Gambell
Poverty rate	54.4%	28.9%
Average household size	4.61	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	4	4
Median year structure built	1991	1979