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Kivalina is a tiny town of 809 people in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. Summer highs average 56°F and winter highs 7°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $1k a month.
809people
$175kTypical home
$1,089/moRent
56° / 7°Summer / winter
64"Snow
186Sunny days
85Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 809
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 496 people per sq mi
- 507 mi to Fairbanks, AK
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,104/mo)
- Median rent $1,089/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 0.1% of value
- 22.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 56°F
- Winter highs around 7°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 186 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 179 cloudy days a year
- 41 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 22
- 72% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 5% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 6 min
- 49% walk or take transit to work
- 78 mi to OTZ airport
- 623 mi to ANC (major hub)
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 10 ft
- Right on the coast
- 143 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 7% of Alaska districts (reading)
- 71 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 93 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 77 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