Arctic Village vs Minto

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

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

Minto has the higher population (190 vs 177 in Arctic Village). Minto has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $39,750 in Arctic Village). Arctic Village has the higher median home value ($38,400 vs $32,600 in Minto).

Population, income & housing

	Arctic Village	Minto
Population	177	190
Median age	19.8 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,750	$62,917
Median home value	$38,400	$32,600
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	64	103
Homeownership rate	67.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arctic Village	Minto
Population	185 → 177 (-4.3%)	177 → 190 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,750 (+6.0%)	$35,938 → $62,917 (+75.1%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $38,400 (-64.4%)	$43,800 → $32,600 (-25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$781 → $875 (+12.0%)

Arctic Village

Population

185177

Median household income

$37,500$39,750

Median home value

$108,000$38,400

Minto

Population

177190

Median household income

$35,938$62,917

Median home value

$43,800$32,600

Median gross rent

$781$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arctic Village	Minto
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.9%	31.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	16.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	6.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	2.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arctic Village	Minto
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	7.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.7%	74.7%
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%	17.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arctic Village	Minto
No high school diploma	22.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arctic Village	Minto
Drove alone	10.0%	53.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.0%	45.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	60.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arctic Village	Minto
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
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	Minto
Poverty rate	60.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	4	3
Median year structure built	1983	1984