Noatak vs Selawik

A side-by-side comparison of Noatak and Selawik: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Noatak has the higher population (700 vs 403 in Selawik). Noatak has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $50,833 in Selawik). Noatak has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $72,500 in Selawik).

Population, income & housing

	Noatak	Selawik
Population	700	403
Median age	23.7 yrs	19.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$50,833
Median home value	$156,300	$72,500
Median gross rent	$850	$488
Housing units	151	133
Homeownership rate	81.2%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	30.6%	34.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noatak	Selawik
Population	415 → 700 (+68.7%)	792 → 403 (-49.1%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $77,500 (+67.6%)	$31,250 → $50,833 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $156,300 (+95.4%)	$83,600 → $72,500 (-13.3%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $850 (-12.8%)	$788 → $488 (-38.1%)

Noatak

Population

415700

Median household income

$46,250$77,500

Median home value

$80,000$156,300

Median gross rent

$975$850

Selawik

Population

792403

Median household income

$31,250$50,833

Median home value

$83,600$72,500

Median gross rent

$788$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Noatak	Selawik
Under 5	11.6%	13.9%
5 to 17	29.7%	34.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	6.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	2.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	5.2%
75 and over	3.7%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noatak	Selawik
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	98.3%	89.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noatak	Selawik
No high school diploma	19.1%	33.7%
High school graduate	67.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noatak	Selawik
Drove alone	7.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	9.4%
Walked	41.4%	56.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	9.4%
Other means	33.6%	25.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noatak	Selawik
1-unit, detached	93.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Noatak	Selawik
Poverty rate	9.2%	44.1%
Average household size	5.07	4.20
Mean commute (minutes)	7	6
Median year structure built	1992	1987