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Country around Point Hope is a rural area of about 832 people in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. Summer highs average 55°F and winter highs 5°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $167k and rent runs about $1k a month.
832people
$167kTypical home
$1,088/moRent
55° / 5°Summer / winter
64"Snow
183Sunny days
85Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 832 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 3 people per sq mi
- 554 mi to Fairbanks, AK
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $167k (≈$1,053/mo)
- Median rent $1,088/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 23.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 55°F
- Winter highs around 5°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 183 sunny days a year (35 totally clear)
- 182 cloudy days a year
- 28 of 90 winter days are gray
- 85 days a year with rain or snow
- 64" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 145 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- High violent crime (740 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (247 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 26
- 62% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 6% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 6 min
- 45% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to LUR airport
- 676 mi to ANC (major hub)
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 509 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 195 mi to a big lake
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 10% of Alaska districts (reading)
- 20 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 142 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 130 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Northwest Arctic Borough: R+14 in 2024
- Alaska: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk