Arctic Village vs Holy Cross

A side-by-side comparison of Arctic Village and Holy Cross: population, income, housing, and more.

Arctic Village and Holy Cross are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holy Cross has the higher population (229 vs 177 in Arctic Village). Arctic Village has the higher median household income ($39,750 vs $22,917 in Holy Cross). Holy Cross has the higher median home value ($55,600 vs $38,400 in Arctic Village).

Population, income & housing

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
Population	177	229
Median age	19.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,750	$22,917
Median home value	$38,400	$55,600
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	64	113
Homeownership rate	67.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
Population	185 → 177 (-4.3%)	220 → 229 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,750 (+6.0%)	$31,250 → $22,917 (-26.7%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $38,400 (-64.4%)	$43,500 → $55,600 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $733 (+17.3%)

Arctic Village

Population

185177

Median household income

$37,500$39,750

Median home value

$108,000$38,400

Holy Cross

Population

220229

Median household income

$31,250$22,917

Median home value

$43,500$55,600

Median gross rent

$625$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
Under 5	9.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	33.9%	28.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	1.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	6.2%	22.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.0%
75 and over	2.8%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.7%	96.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
No high school diploma	22.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	68.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
Drove alone	10.0%	6.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	30.0%	24.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	36.2%
Other means	60.0%	26.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arctic Village	Holy Cross
Poverty rate	60.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.97	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	4	4
Median year structure built	1983	1982