Atqasuk, Alaska

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 82 homes here.

0–1

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2016 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Down 5.5% since 2020.

258

people, the 90th-largest of Alaska's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Alaska's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.0%

of 60 jobs located in Atqasuk are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2016. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is down 11% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,000

a month. Alaska's median is $1,419.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $293.

A $293 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in North Slope Borough.
- $1,067 Tract 2
- $1,360 Tract 1
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,189–$1,784

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,000 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2016 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 82% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 82 homes here.

0–1

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2016 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 65% less than Alaska's.

$122,200

median home value in Atqasuk.
- $122,200 Atqasuk
- $352,900 Alaska
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Atqasuk, Alaska

Atqasuk,
Alaska.

Down 5.5% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is down 11% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $293.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 82 homes here.

A median home costs 65% less than Alaska's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Down 5.5% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is down 11% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $293.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 82 homes here.

A median home costs 65% less than Alaska's.

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