Point Hope vs Point Lay

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

Point Hope and Point Lay 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 288 in Point Lay). Point Lay has the higher median household income ($92,000 vs $81,944 in Point Hope). Point Hope has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $117,000 in Point Lay).

Population, income & housing

	Point Hope	Point Lay
Population	721	288
Median age	25.3 yrs	18.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,944	$92,000
Median home value	$184,700	$117,000
Median gross rent	$1,288	$825
Housing units	199	87
Homeownership rate	68.1%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	25.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Hope	Point Lay
Population	594 → 721 (+21.4%)	227 → 288 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$62,813 → $81,944 (+30.5%)	$59,167 → $92,000 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $184,700 (+100.1%)	$106,300 → $117,000 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,288 (+38.0%)	$788 → $825 (+4.7%)

Point Hope

Population

594721

Median household income

$62,813$81,944

Median home value

$92,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$933$1,288

Point Lay

Population

227288

Median household income

$59,167$92,000

Median home value

$106,300$117,000

Median gross rent

$788$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Point Hope	Point Lay
Under 5	16.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	28.3%	41.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	6.2%	3.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	2.4%
75 and over	4.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Hope	Point Lay
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	6.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.0%	89.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Hope	Point Lay
No high school diploma	21.5%	18.1%
High school graduate	41.1%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Hope	Point Lay
Drove alone	12.3%	16.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	42.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	38.0%	29.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.3%
Other means	40.8%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Hope	Point Lay
1-unit, detached	98.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Point Hope	Point Lay
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.3%
Average household size	4.34	4.24
Mean commute (minutes)	4	5
Median year structure built	1983	1988