Barrow, AK (Alaska) Houses and Residents
| Barrow: | $261,380 |
| Alaska: | $336,900 |
Mean price in 2022:
Detached houses: $242,807
Here: $242,807 State: $371,009 In 2-unit structures: $262,285
Here: $262,285 State: $345,335
Total population: 4,393 (Urban population: 4,318 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 263 (all nonfarm))
Houses: 1,757 (1,448 occupied: 635 owner occupied, 807 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 56% |
| State: | 34% |
Housing density: 96 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $951,303.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,234 (lower quartile is $867, upper quartile is $1,772)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,456
Median gross rent in Barrow, AK in 2022: $1,322
Housing units in Barrow with a mortgage: 275 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 369
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $172,486
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $73,837
Median monthly housing costs: $1,166
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Median year apartment built: 1988
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,411- In family households: 3,900 (459 male householders, 561 female householders)
553 spouses, 1,514 children (1,420 natural, 84 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 331 grandchildren, 60 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 13 foster children, 200 other relatives, 189 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 456 (204 male householders (156 living alone)), 174 female householders (154 living alone)), 77 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54
Size of family households: 247 2-persons, 183 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 183 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 166 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 352 1-person, 61 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons.
681 married couples with children.
443 single-parent households (76 men, 367 women).
52.7% of residents of Barrow speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
14.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
30.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 437 (10.0%)
(49.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| Here: | 4.9 |
| State: | 5.6 |
| Here: | 3.9 |
| State: | 3.9 |
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Barrow, Alaska
- 4no bedroom
- 521 bedroom
- 1332 bedrooms
- 2933 bedrooms
- 1544 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Barrow, Alaska
- 75no bedroom
- 2011 bedroom
- 1752 bedrooms
- 2493 bedrooms
- 914 bedrooms
- 185+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Barrow in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 171no vehicle
- 2701 vehicle
- 1212 vehicles
- 653 vehicles
- 34 vehicles
- 55+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Barrow in renter-occupied apartments
- 276no vehicle
- 3861 vehicle
- 1172 vehicles
- 293 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Barrow, Alaska
- 41 room
- 342 rooms
- 863 rooms
- 1364 rooms
- 2135 rooms
- 936 rooms
- 327 rooms
- 318 rooms
- 79+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Barrow, Alaska
- 751 room
- 1432 rooms
- 1433 rooms
- 1434 rooms
- 1915 rooms
- 746 rooms
- 147 rooms
- 258 rooms
- 09+ rooms
Barrow, AK household income distribution
- 50Less than $10,000
- 97$10,000 to $19,999
- 74$20,000 to $29,999
- 75$30,000 to $39,999
- 73$40,000 to $49,999
- 77$50,000 to $59,999
- 103$60,000 to $74,999
- 165$75,000 to $99,999
- 190$100,000 to $124,999
- 129$125,000 to $149,999
- 226$150,000 to $199,999
- 297$200,000 or more
Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Barrow, AK
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- 4Less than $10,000
- 9$10,000 to $14,999
- 4$20,000 to $24,999
- 5$50,000 to $59,999
- 2$60,000 to $69,999
- 13$70,000 to $79,999
- 11$80,000 to $89,999
- 7$90,000 to $99,999
- 31$100,000 to $124,999
- 27$125,000 to $149,999
- 59$150,000 to $174,999
- 80$175,000 to $199,999
- 85$200,000 to $249,999
- 39$250,000 to $299,999
- 68$300,000 to $399,999
- 15$400,000 to $499,999
- 2$500,000 to $749,999
Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Barrow, AK
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- 25Less than $100
- 38$150 to $199
- 7$350 to $399
- 73$450 to $499
- 41$500 to $549
- 22$600 to $649
- 3$650 to $699
- 9$700 to $749
- 22$800 to $899
- 84$900 to $999
- 176$1,000 to $1,249
- 58$1,250 to $1,499
- 56$1,500 to $1,999
- 26$2,000 to $2,499
- 12$2,500 to $2,999
- 119No cash rent
Percentage of workers working in this county: 100.9%
Number of people working at home: 106 (6.5% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 409
- 5 to 9 minutes: 685
- 10 to 14 minutes: 238
- 15 to 19 minutes: 111
- 20 to 24 minutes: 27
- 25 to 29 minutes: 11
- 30 to 34 minutes: 0
- 35 to 39 minutes: 0
- 40 to 44 minutes: 0
- 45 to 59 minutes: 0
- 60 to 89 minutes: 0
- 90 or more minutes: 0
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 727 (39.4%)
- Carpooled: 425 (23.0%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0.3%)
- Taxi: 407 (22.1%)
- Walked: 197 (10.7%)
- Worked at home: 84 (4.6%)
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 3.3%Males
- 5.8%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 21.3%Males
- 11.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 6.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 100.0%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 3.3%Males
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 43.7%Females
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Barrow, Alaska
- 3242010 or later
- 772000 to 2009
- 961990 to 1999
- 1121980 to 1989
- 761970 to 1979
- 33Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
- Irish: 53 (1.8%)
- American: 24 (0.8%)
- German: 23 (0.8%)
- English: 10 (0.3%)
- Macedonian: 8 (0.3%)
- Danish: 3 (0.1%)
- Greek: 3 (0.1%)
- European: 2 (0.07%)
- Hungarian: 1 (0.03%)
- Northern European: 1 (0.03%)
- Russian: 1 (0.03%)
- Welsh: 1 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
| Barrow: | 68.9% (294) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
| Barrow: | 8.7% (37) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
| Barrow: | 4.7% (20) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
| Barrow: | 3.7% (16) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
| Barrow: | 3.0% (13) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
| Barrow: | 2.1% (9) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
| Barrow: | 1.6% (7) |
| Alaska: | 100.0% (-1) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3,219
- Other state: 637
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 125
- South: 95
- West: 368
86.6% of Barrow residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32.3% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48.0% lived in Alaska.
| Barrow: | 86.6% |
| State average: | 84.8% |
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 37
- 9th grade: 37
- 10th grade: 56
- 11th grade: 13
- 12th grade, no diploma: 16
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 487
- Less than 1 year of college: 91
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 261
- Associate degree: 45
- Bachelor's degree: 81
- Master's degree: 97
- Professional school degree: 0
- Doctorate degree: 19
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 5
- 5th and 6th grade: 2
- 7th and 8th grade: 23
- 9th grade: 23
- 10th grade: 22
- 11th grade: 37
- 12th grade, no diploma: 0
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 385
- Less than 1 year of college: 69
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 241
- Associate degree: 61
- Bachelor's degree: 146
- Master's degree: 73
- Professional school degree: 17
- Doctorate degree: 4
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,155
- One, attached: 56
- Two: 121
- 3 or 4: 141
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 136
- 20 to 49: 117
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $82,442
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 8.5%
House/condo owner moved in on average 16 years ago
Renter moved in on average 5 years ago
- 97.2%Utility gas
- 2.8%Electricity
- 91.0%Utility gas
- 6.4%Electricity
- 1.8%No fuel used
- 0.7%Other fuel
- 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Alaska: | 15.7% |
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Alaska: | 13.7% |
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Alaska: | 14.7% |
