North Pole, Alaska demographics

North Pole, AK demographics: median age 28.2; 29.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · North Pole city, Alaska · Incorporated city · GEOID 0255910. The survey estimates a population of 2,370 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in North Pole is 28.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 3.0 years. There are 876 households (±120). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	28.2 ±3.0	35.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,370
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Under 18	887 ±196	37.4% ±8.3 pp	24.1%	22.0%
18–34	701 ±166	29.6% ±7.0 pp	24.7%	22.8%
35–64	598 ±141	25.2% ±5.9 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	184 ±64	7.8% ±2.7 pp	13.8%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,370
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Male	1,326 ±123	55.9% ±5.2 pp	52.5%	49.5%
Female	1,044 ±124	44.1% ±5.2 pp	47.5%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,370
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
White alone	1,370 ±224	57.8% ±9.4 pp	59.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	116 ±103 · low precision	4.9% ±4.3 pp · low precision	3.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	195 ±128 · low precision	8.2% ±5.4 pp · low precision	13.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	94 ±71 · low precision	4.0% ±3.0 pp · low precision	6.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race alone	97 ±89 · low precision	4.1% ±3.8 pp · low precision	2.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	498 ±212	21.0% ±8.9 pp	13.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,370
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,074 ±149	87.5% ±6.2 pp	92.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	296 ±148	12.5% ±6.2 pp	7.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 876
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Married-couple family	436 ±104	49.8% ±9.7 pp	48.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	61 ±41 · low precision	7.0% ±4.6 pp · low precision	5.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	56 ±39 · low precision	6.4% ±4.4 pp · low precision	10.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	288 ±109	32.9% ±11.6 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	35 ±24 · low precision	4.0% ±2.7 pp · low precision	7.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 876
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Households with people under 18	377 ±88	43.0% ±8.1 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	499 ±155	57.0% ±15.9 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 876
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	288 ±109	32.9% ±11.6 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	202 ±84	23.1% ±9.1 pp	33.9%	33.8%
Three-person households	107 ±58 · low precision	12.2% ±6.4 pp · low precision	14.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	150 ±96 · low precision	17.1% ±10.6 pp · low precision	12.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	95 ±68 · low precision	10.8% ±7.6 pp · low precision	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	34 ±25 · low precision	3.9% ±2.8 pp · low precision	2.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±1.6 pp · low precision	2.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,370
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Native	2,257 ±97	95.2% ±4.0 pp	92.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	113 ±91 · low precision	4.8% ±3.8 pp · low precision	7.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 2,051
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
English only	1,871 ±133	91.2% ±4.4 pp	84.9%	77.7%
Spanish	19 ±27 · low precision	0.9% ±1.3 pp · low precision	3.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	3 ±6 · low precision	0.1% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	4 ±7 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	6 ±9 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	4 ±9 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	28 ±30 · low precision	1.4% ±1.5 pp · low precision	2.5%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	40 ±53 · low precision	2.0% ±2.6 pp · low precision	2.2%	1.1%
Arabic	8 ±13 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	68 ±83 · low precision	3.3% ±4.0 pp · low precision	3.8%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 1,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	59 ±49 · low precision	4.5% ±3.7 pp · low precision	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	363 ±129	27.6% ±9.4 pp	28.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	369 ±111	28.1% ±8.0 pp	24.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	137 ±60	10.4% ±4.4 pp	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	276 ±73	21.0% ±5.1 pp	19.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	110 ±73 · low precision	8.4% ±5.5 pp · low precision	11.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 2,302
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Same house	1,885 ±190	81.9% ±8.1 pp	85.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	124 ±101 · low precision	5.4% ±4.4 pp · low precision	7.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	132 ±97 · low precision	5.7% ±4.2 pp · low precision	2.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	140 ±130 · low precision	6.1% ±5.6 pp · low precision	3.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	21 ±25 · low precision	0.9% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

10.1% of North Pole residents (±4.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.0% in Alaska and 8.4% nationally. 97.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	North Pole	Alaska	U.S.	Compared with Alaska
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.1% ±4.1 pp	11.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	97.6% ±3.5 pp	91.9%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	22.5% ±5.0 pp	10.7%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for North Pole . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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