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Kiana is a tiny town of 437 people in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. It's about 389 miles from Fairbanks, AK and 1,897 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 60°F and winter highs 5°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $193k and rent runs about $1k a month.
437people
$193kTypical home
$1,350/moRent
60° / 5°Summer / winter
64"Snow
191Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 437
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,324 people per sq mi
- 1,897 mi to Seattle, WA
- 389 mi to Fairbanks, AK
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $193k (≈$1,214/mo)
- Median rent $1,350/mo
- Median household income $68k
- Property tax about 0.1% of value
- 23.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 60°F
- Winter highs around 5°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 191 sunny days a year (48 totally clear)
- 174 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- 64" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 141 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 30
- 52% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 6 min
- 51% walk or take transit to work
- 0 mi to IAN airport
- 508 mi to ANC (major hub)
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 115 ft
- 22 mi to the ocean
- 31 mi to a big lake
- 208 mi to the nearest campground
- 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 7% of Alaska districts (reading)
- 19 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 30 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 58 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.