Nome vs Stebbins

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

Nome and Stebbins 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 666 in Stebbins). Nome has the higher median household income ($113,561 vs $48,333 in Stebbins). Nome has the higher median home value ($338,900 vs $116,100 in Stebbins).

Population, income & housing

	Nome	Stebbins
Population	3,668	666
Median age	31.6 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,561	$48,333
Median home value	$338,900	$116,100
Median gross rent	$1,567	$863
Housing units	1,502	198
Homeownership rate	48.9%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	34.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nome	Stebbins
Population	3,850 → 3,668 (-4.7%)	615 → 666 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$84,574 → $113,561 (+34.3%)	$41,875 → $48,333 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$258,100 → $338,900 (+31.3%)	$115,600 → $116,100 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,567 (+4.5%)	$450 → $863 (+91.8%)

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

Stebbins

Population

615666

Median household income

$41,875$48,333

Median home value

$115,600$116,100

Median gross rent

$450$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nome	Stebbins
Under 5	8.4%	12.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	30.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	6.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.3%
75 and over	2.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nome	Stebbins
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	2.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.9%	94.3%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nome	Stebbins
No high school diploma	7.7%	20.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nome	Stebbins
Drove alone	48.5%	2.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.9%	44.4%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.0%
Other means	6.7%	44.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nome	Stebbins
1-unit, detached	60.7%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nome	Stebbins
Poverty rate	7.9%	35.8%
Average household size	2.86	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	7	5
Median year structure built	1981	1992