Nuiqsut vs Point Hope

A side-by-side comparison of Nuiqsut and Point Hope: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point Hope has the higher population (721 vs 529 in Nuiqsut). Point Hope has the higher median household income ($81,944 vs $62,083 in Nuiqsut). Point Hope has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $131,700 in Nuiqsut).

Population, income & housing

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
Population	529	721
Median age	27.1 yrs	25.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,083	$81,944
Median home value	$131,700	$184,700
Median gross rent	$1,271	$1,288
Housing units	149	199
Homeownership rate	59.7%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	25.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
Population	496 → 529 (+6.7%)	594 → 721 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $62,083 (-17.2%)	$62,813 → $81,944 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $131,700 (+44.2%)	$92,300 → $184,700 (+100.1%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,271 (+43.1%)	$933 → $1,288 (+38.0%)

Nuiqsut

Population

496529

Median household income

$75,000$62,083

Median home value

$91,300$131,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,271

Point Hope

Population

594721

Median household income

$62,813$81,944

Median home value

$92,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$933$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
Under 5	16.4%	16.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	28.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	3.8%	6.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.2%
75 and over	2.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	15.5%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	80.3%	90.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
No high school diploma	18.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	54.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
Drove alone	27.7%	12.3%
Carpooled	24.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	38.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.2%
Other means	33.3%	40.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
1-unit, detached	87.2%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nuiqsut	Point Hope
Poverty rate	20.0%	18.1%
Average household size	3.80	4.34
Mean commute (minutes)	7	4
Median year structure built	1979	1983