Nome vs Savoonga

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

Nome and Savoonga 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 766 in Savoonga). Nome has the higher median household income ($113,561 vs $51,875 in Savoonga). Nome has the higher median home value ($338,900 vs $105,300 in Savoonga).

Population, income & housing

	Nome	Savoonga
Population	3,668	766
Median age	31.6 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,561	$51,875
Median home value	$338,900	$105,300
Median gross rent	$1,567	—
Housing units	1,502	175
Homeownership rate	48.9%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	27.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nome	Savoonga
Population	3,850 → 3,668 (-4.7%)	975 → 766 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$84,574 → $113,561 (+34.3%)	$45,750 → $51,875 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$258,100 → $338,900 (+31.3%)	$97,500 → $105,300 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,567 (+4.5%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

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

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)

	Nome	Savoonga
Under 5	8.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	30.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	7.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.9%
75 and over	2.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nome	Savoonga
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	5.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.9%	92.6%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nome	Savoonga
No high school diploma	7.7%	25.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nome	Savoonga
Drove alone	48.5%	0.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.9%	48.8%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.6%
Other means	6.7%	50.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nome	Savoonga
1-unit, detached	60.7%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nome	Savoonga
Poverty rate	7.9%	32.0%
Average household size	2.86	5.03
Mean commute (minutes)	7	5
Median year structure built	1981	1984