Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough

Snapshot
Population by ethnic group, from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Native American
81.9%
European
10.5%
Other
7.6%

Compared with Alaska and the United States

Northwest Arctic Boroughnext to the state and national figures used elsewhere on this site. A dash means the figure isn’t published at that level of geography.

MetricNorthwest Arctic BoroughAlaskaUnited States
American Indian and Alaska Native81.9%14.7%—
Non-Hispanic White10.5%56.7%58%
Hispanic2.5%8.2%—
East Asian1.1%1.8%—
Black or African American1%2.9%—
Indian0.1%0.2%—

Cost of living

Incomes and housing costs in Northwest Arctic Borough next to Alaska and the nation. Price levels are published for states, not counties.

MetricNorthwest Arctic BoroughAlaskaUnited States
Price level (US = 100)—102.4 (+2.4%)100.0 (+0.0%)
Housing price level (US = 100)—93.8 (−6.2%)100.0 (+0.0%)
Median household income$84,018$92,788$80,734
Median home value$199,100$352,900$332,700
Home price to income2.4×3.8×4.1×
Median gross rent$1,350/mo$1,419/mo$1,413/mo
Rent to income19.3%18.4%21.0%