Arctic Village vs Ruby

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

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

Ruby has the higher population (180 vs 177 in Arctic Village). Arctic Village has the higher median household income ($39,750 vs $35,208 in Ruby). Ruby has the higher median home value ($72,900 vs $38,400 in Arctic Village).

Population, income & housing

	Arctic Village	Ruby
Population	177	180
Median age	19.8 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,750	$35,208
Median home value	$38,400	$72,900
Housing units	64	139
Homeownership rate	67.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arctic Village	Ruby
Population	185 → 177 (-4.3%)	185 → 180 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,750 (+6.0%)	$28,750 → $35,208 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $38,400 (-64.4%)	$79,200 → $72,900 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$331 → $463 (+39.9%)

Arctic Village

Population

185177

Median household income

$37,500$39,750

Median home value

$108,000$38,400

Ruby

Population

185180

Median household income

$28,750$35,208

Median home value

$79,200$72,900

Median gross rent

$331$463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arctic Village	Ruby
Under 5	9.6%	13.3%
5 to 17	33.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	6.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	31.7%
75 and over	2.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arctic Village	Ruby
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	1.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.7%	93.3%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arctic Village	Ruby
No high school diploma	22.0%	24.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arctic Village	Ruby
Drove alone	10.0%	37.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.0%	28.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	60.0%	22.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arctic Village	Ruby
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	Ruby
Poverty rate	60.5%	23.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	4	11
Median year structure built	1983	1992