Barrow, AK (Alaska) Houses and Residents

Back to: Barrow, Alaska main profile, Alaska, Alaska smaller cities, Alaska small towns, Alaska forum, All US cities.

Total population: 4,010 (Urban population: 3,780 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 230 (all nonfarm))

Barrow, Alaska Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 1,620 (1,371 occupied: 557 owner occupied, 814 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	59%
State:	37%

Housing density: 88 houses/condos per square mile

Recent posts about housing in Barrow, Alaska on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users:

	Barrow or bust (66 replies)
	moving to Barrow (48 replies)
	It's official....moving to Barrow (36 replies)
	Sailboats in Barrow, and on to the Northwest Passage (35 replies)
	Barrow Alaska - Top Of The World (71 replies)
	Pictures of Barrow Nalukataq (Blanket Toss) -- June 26, 2008 (36 replies)

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,110 (lower quartile is $727, upper quartile is $1,550)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,117

Median gross rent in Barrow, AK in 2007: $1,250

Housing units in Barrow with a mortgage: 287 (21 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 226

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $248,471 (it was $145,000 in 2000)

Barrow:	$248,471
Alaska:	$231,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $130,313 - $329,569

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $257,279
Here: $257,279
State: $278,038

Townhouses or other attached units: $250,713
Here: $250,713
State: $229,685

In 2-unit structures: $269,499
Here: $269,499
State: $310,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $505,704
Here: $505,704
State: $186,942

Mobile homes: $318,214
Here: $318,214
State: $42,305

Household type by relationship

Households: 4,486

In family households: 3,930 (588 male householders, 359 female householders)
569 spouses, 1,771 children (1,558 natural, 127 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 202 grandchildren, 83 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 126 other relatives, 205 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 556 (291 male householders (229 living alone)), 138 female householders (94 living alone)), 127 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 95 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 205 2-persons, 210 3-persons, 184 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 75 6-persons, 117 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 323 1-person, 84 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 3 4-persons.

928 married couples with children.
494 single-parent households (162 men, 332 women).

52.1% of residents of Barrow speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
8.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
37.2% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 386 (8.4%)
(62.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	4.7
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	3.9

Recent Home Sales
Address:
City	State	Zip
Min Price (optional)	Max Price (optional)
Prioritization: Sale Date Distance

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Barrow, Alaska:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 54 3 rooms: 82 4 rooms: 106 5 rooms: 127 6 rooms: 99 7 rooms: 35 8 rooms: 29 9 or more rooms: 8

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Barrow, Alaska:
	1 room: 70 2 rooms: 123 3 rooms: 168 4 rooms: 214 5 rooms: 145 6 rooms: 65 7 rooms: 17 8 rooms: 10 9 or more rooms: 2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 55
1995 to 1998: 266
1990 to 1994: 211
1980 to 1989: 384
1970 to 1979: 364
1960 to 1969: 172
1950 to 1959: 87
1940 to 1949: 53
1939 or earlier: 28

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Barrow:
	no bedroom: 20 1 bedroom: 91 2 bedrooms: 138 3 bedrooms: 198 4 bedrooms: 96 5 or more bedrooms: 14

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Barrow:
	no bedroom: 77 1 bedroom: 227 2 bedrooms: 267 3 bedrooms: 202 4 bedrooms: 39 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Barrow in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 186 1 vehicle: 255 2 vehicles: 98 3 vehicles: 15 4 vehicles: 3 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Barrow in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 371 1 vehicle: 371 2 vehicles: 61 3 vehicles: 9 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 2

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Barrow, AK:

Less than $10,000: 1
$10,000 to $14,999: 1
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 1
$25,000 to $29,999: 4
$30,000 to $34,999: 4
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 10
$50,000 to $59,999: 8
$60,000 to $69,999: 5
$70,000 to $79,999: 9
$80,000 to $89,999: 8
$90,000 to $99,999: 7
$100,000 to $124,999: 28
$125,000 to $149,999: 41
$150,000 to $174,999: 29
$175,000 to $199,999: 29
$200,000 to $249,999: 64
$250,000 to $299,999: 92
$300,000 to $399,999: 110
$400,000 to $499,999: 27
$500,000 to $749,999: 2
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 6

Barrow rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Barrow:

Less than $100: 20 people
$100 to $149: 9
$150 to $199: 9
$200 to $249: 12
$250 to $299: 7
$300 to $349: 4
$350 to $399: 6
$400 to $449: 12
$450 to $499: 10
$500 to $549: 16
$550 to $599: 11
$600 to $649: 13
$650 to $699: 28
$700 to $749: 4
$750 to $799: 9
$800 to $899: 31
$900 to $999: 74
$1,000 to $1,249: 121
$1,250 to $1,499: 90
$1,500 to $1,999: 88
$2,000 or more: 72
No cash rent: 78

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 97 1990 to 1994: 68 1985 to 1989: 63 1980 to 1984: 49 1975 to 1979: 51 1970 to 1974: 25 1970 to 1974: 27 1965 to 1969: 6

Barrow, AK Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.9%
Number of people working at home: 40 (2.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 406
5 to 9 minutes: 799
10 to 14 minutes: 365
15 to 19 minutes: 131
20 to 24 minutes: 55
25 to 29 minutes: 12
30 to 34 minutes: 38
35 to 39 minutes: 0
40 to 44 minutes: 10
45 to 59 minutes: 5
60 to 89 minutes: 9
90 or more minutes: 11

Barrow mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 561 (30%)
Carpooled: 619 (33%)
Bus or trolley bus: 140 (7%)
Taxi: 136 (7%)
Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
Bicycle: 8 (0%)
Walked: 306 (16%)
Other means: 68 (4%)
Worked at home: 40 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 95
$10,000 to $14,999: 48
$15,000 to $19,999: 51
$20,000 to $24,999: 39
$25,000 to $29,999: 22
$30,000 to $34,999: 54
$35,000 to $39,999: 58
$40,000 to $44,999: 65
$45,000 to $49,999: 54
$50,000 to $59,999: 117
$60,000 to $74,999: 182
$75,000 to $99,999: 215
$100,000 to $124,999: 172
$125,000 to $149,999: 88
$150,000 to $199,999: 81
$200,000 or more: 35

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 3180

German: 191

Irish: 134

English: 92

United States or American: 77

Norwegian: 48

Scottish: 33

Scotch-Irish: 28

European: 28

French (except Basque): 27

Greek: 24

Swedish: 22

Italian: 19

Lithuanian: 17

Polish: 16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 13

British: 11

Dutch: 11

Hungarian: 10

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 10

Welsh: 7

Canadian: 6

Finnish: 6

French Canadian: 6

Bulgarian: 6

Egyptian: 5

Arab:: 5

Danish: 5

Portuguese: 5

Pennsylvania German: 4

Belgian: 3

Ukrainian: 3

Eastern European: 3

West Indian: 3

Czechoslovakian: 2

Subsaharan African:: 2

African: 2

Russian: 2

Czech: 1

Brazilian: 1

Swiss: 1

Austrian: 1

Scandinavian: 1

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (72%)
Korea (6%)
Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
Mexico (4%)
Thailand (3%)
Canada (3%)
Other Eastern Europe (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 3011
Northeast: 104
Midwest: 180
South: 233
West: 607

42% of Barrow residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Alaska.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 31
Nursery to 4th grade: 13
5th and 6th grade: 14
7th and 8th grade: 52
9th grade: 29
10th grade: 22
11th grade: 39
12th grade, no diploma: 35
High school graduate (or equivalency): 474
Less than 1 year of college: 126
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 219
Associate degree: 58
Bachelor's degree: 149
Master's degree: 56
Professional school degree: 22
Doctorate degree: 9

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 28
Nursery to 4th grade: 31
5th and 6th grade: 12
7th and 8th grade: 66
9th grade: 19
10th grade: 22
11th grade: 27
12th grade, no diploma: 14
High school graduate (or equivalency): 308
Less than 1 year of college: 104
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 184
Associate degree: 75
Bachelor's degree: 194
Master's degree: 63
Professional school degree: 16
Doctorate degree: 3

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 22.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 19.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 10.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 26.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $111,274
Black householders: $79,623
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $62,417
Asian householders: $99,026
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $53,622
Some other race householders: $41,111
Two or more races householders: $81,042
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $103,960

Barrow household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Barrow household income for Black householders

Barrow household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Barrow household income for Asian householders

Barrow household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Barrow household income for Two or more races householders

Barrow household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Barrow marital status for males

Barrow marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $300,151
Black or African American householders: $315,638
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $215,475
Asian householders: $273,553
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $378,766
Two or more races householders: $300,993
Hispanic or Latino householders: $315,638

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 954
One, attached: 53
Two: 171
3 or 4: 95
5 to 9: 50
10 to 19: 140
20 to 49: 116
50 or more: 7
Mobile homes: 34

Median worth of mobile homes: $76,107

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 13%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 12%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Barrow:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (94%) Electricity (3%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (85%) Electricity (9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Other fuel (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9

Here:	1.1%
Alaska:	6.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4

Here:	1.0%
Alaska:	5.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11

Here:	7.6%
Alaska:	14.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Back to the top

Discuss this and other local issues on our hugely popular Alaska forum.

Back to: Barrow, AK (don't miss, contains a wealth of additional information), Alaska, All US cities.

Recent home sales and price trends information powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2009 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2009 Advameg, Inc.