Holy Cross vs Nulato

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

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

Nulato has the higher population (284 vs 229 in Holy Cross). Nulato has the higher median household income ($52,143 vs $22,917 in Holy Cross). Nulato has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $55,600 in Holy Cross).

Population, income & housing

	Holy Cross	Nulato
Population	229	284
Median age	35.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$22,917	$52,143
Median home value	$55,600	$65,000
Median gross rent	$733	—
Housing units	113	138
Homeownership rate	82.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holy Cross	Nulato
Population	220 → 229 (+4.1%)	236 → 284 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $22,917 (-26.7%)	$46,500 → $52,143 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$43,500 → $55,600 (+27.8%)	$56,300 → $65,000 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $733 (+17.3%)	—

Holy Cross

Population

220229

Median household income

$31,250$22,917

Median home value

$43,500$55,600

Median gross rent

$625$733

Nulato

Population

236284

Median household income

$46,500$52,143

Median home value

$56,300$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holy Cross	Nulato
Under 5	7.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	28.8%	23.2%
18 to 24	1.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	22.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.3%
75 and over	1.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holy Cross	Nulato
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	24.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.1%	75.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holy Cross	Nulato
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	68.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holy Cross	Nulato
Drove alone	6.4%	28.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	24.5%	37.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	3.3%
Other means	26.6%	25.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holy Cross	Nulato
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.1%
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%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Holy Cross	Nulato
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	4	6
Median year structure built	1982	1986