Nome vs Unalakleet

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

Nome and Unalakleet 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 800 in Unalakleet). Nome has the higher median household income ($113,561 vs $86,250 in Unalakleet). Nome has the higher median home value ($338,900 vs $163,800 in Unalakleet).

Population, income & housing

	Nome	Unalakleet
Population	3,668	800
Median age	31.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,561	$86,250
Median home value	$338,900	$163,800
Median gross rent	$1,567	$1,180
Housing units	1,502	245
Homeownership rate	48.9%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nome	Unalakleet
Population	3,850 → 3,668 (-4.7%)	707 → 800 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$84,574 → $113,561 (+34.3%)	$70,000 → $86,250 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$258,100 → $338,900 (+31.3%)	$111,100 → $163,800 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,567 (+4.5%)	$1,188 → $1,180 (-0.7%)

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

Unalakleet

Population

707800

Median household income

$70,000$86,250

Median home value

$111,100$163,800

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nome	Unalakleet
Under 5	8.4%	10.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.3%
75 and over	2.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nome	Unalakleet
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	25.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.9%	69.8%
Asian	3.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nome	Unalakleet
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nome	Unalakleet
Drove alone	48.5%	24.9%
Carpooled	15.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.9%	51.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.5%
Worked from home	8.0%	9.5%
Other means	6.7%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nome	Unalakleet
1-unit, detached	60.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nome	Unalakleet
Poverty rate	7.9%	12.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	7	3
Median year structure built	1981	1981