Gambell vs Nome

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

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

Nome has the higher population (3,668 vs 464 in Gambell). Nome has the higher median household income ($113,561 vs $48,750 in Gambell). Nome has the higher median home value ($338,900 vs $77,300 in Gambell).

Population, income & housing

	Gambell	Nome
Population	464	3,668
Median age	27.6 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$113,561
Median home value	$77,300	$338,900
Median gross rent	$900	$1,567
Housing units	175	1,502
Homeownership rate	85.1%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	32.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gambell	Nome
Population	591 → 464 (-21.5%)	3,850 → 3,668 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $48,750 (+17.5%)	$84,574 → $113,561 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$58,300 → $77,300 (+32.6%)	$258,100 → $338,900 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $900 (-12.2%)	$1,500 → $1,567 (+4.5%)

Gambell

Population

591464

Median household income

$41,500$48,750

Median home value

$58,300$77,300

Median gross rent

$1,025$900

Nome

Population

3,8503,668

Median household income

$84,574$113,561

Median home value

$258,100$338,900

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gambell	Nome
Under 5	8.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	13.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	4.1%	5.3%
75 and over	3.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gambell	Nome
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	26.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.1%	48.9%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gambell	Nome
No high school diploma	20.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	51.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gambell	Nome
Drove alone	0.0%	48.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	24.1%	18.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.0%
Other means	69.2%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gambell	Nome
1-unit, detached	90.9%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gambell	Nome
Poverty rate	28.9%	7.9%
Average household size	3.14	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	4	7
Median year structure built	1979	1981