Brevig Mission vs Savoonga

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

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

Savoonga has the higher population (766 vs 691 in Brevig Mission). Brevig Mission has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $51,875 in Savoonga). Savoonga has the higher median home value ($105,300 vs $80,900 in Brevig Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
Population	691	766
Median age	22.0 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$51,875
Median home value	$80,900	$105,300
Median gross rent	$813	—
Housing units	161	175
Homeownership rate	76.7%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	27.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
Population	384 → 691 (+79.9%)	975 → 766 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $55,000 (+37.5%)	$45,750 → $51,875 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $80,900 (-4.8%)	$97,500 → $105,300 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $813 (+15.2%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Brevig Mission

Population

384691

Median household income

$40,000$55,000

Median home value

$85,000$80,900

Median gross rent

$706$813

Savoonga

Population

975766

Median household income

$45,750$51,875

Median home value

$97,500$105,300

Median gross rent

$950$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
Under 5	13.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	31.3%	30.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	4.5%	5.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	5.9%
75 and over	1.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.6%	92.6%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
No high school diploma	14.9%	25.5%
High school graduate	58.7%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
Drove alone	1.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.9%	48.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.6%
Other means	40.6%	50.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
1-unit, detached	95.7%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brevig Mission	Savoonga
Poverty rate	54.4%	32.0%
Average household size	4.61	5.03
Mean commute (minutes)	4	5
Median year structure built	1991	1984