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Demographics

People

Total Population	3,813
Male Share of the Population	51%
Female Share of the Population	49%
Senior Citizens	7.7%
Employed Population 16+	1,760
Age of the Population	31

Families

% of people married	38.9%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	18.6%
Median Earnings25+	$51,285
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$22,353
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$36,750

Wealth

Median Family Income	$80,703
% Above Poverty Level	89.7%
% Below Poverty Level	10.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	8 minutes
% Working from Home	3.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	28.7%
% Using Public Transportation	0.6%

Housing

People Living Alone	23%
Median Gross Rent	$1,548
Median House Value	$239,800

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	69.7%
German	12.5%
Irish	5.7%
English	3.9%
Norwegian	2.5%
Scottish	2.5%
Swedish	1.9%
Russian	1.5%
Polish	1.3%
French Except Basque	1.3%
Dutch	1.2%
Italian	1.2%
Danishn	0.9%
West Indian	0.6%
Jamaican	0.5%
Romanian	0.4%
Welsh	0.4%
Finnish	0.4%
African	0.3%
Canadian	0.2%
Haitian	0.2%
Swiss	0.1%
Hungarian	0.1%
Egyptian	0.1%
Arab	0.1%
Belgian	0.1%
Czech	0.1%
Greek	0.1%
Lithuanian	0.1%
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Nome Almanac

Category	Value
County	Nome Census Area
P.O. Box Zip Codes	99762
Phone Area Codes	907
Time Zone	America/Nome
Approximate Latitude	64.71
Approximate Longitude	-164.62

Nome Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	NOME AP
Distance	24.9 miles
Jan Temp	-2 to 13 F
Apr Temp	12 to 27 F
Jul Temp	47 to 59 F
Oct Temp	23 to 34 F
Annual Precip	16.5 inches

Station	KOTZEBUE WIEN AP
Distance	158 miles
Jan Temp	-9 to 4 F
Apr Temp	3 to 20 F
Jul Temp	49 to 60 F
Oct Temp	19 to 28 F
Annual Precip	10 inches

Station	GALENA AP
Distance	237.7 miles
Jan Temp	-16 to -1 F
Apr Temp	14 to 34 F
Jul Temp	52 to 69 F
Oct Temp	17 to 29 F
Annual Precip	13 inches

Nome Public Libraries

Kegoayah Kozga Library
100 WEST 7TH AVENUE
Nome, Alaska
(907) 443-6628

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Nome Hospitals

Nome (norton Sound Regional Hospital)
(Government - Federal)
306 West 5th Avenue
(907) 443-3311

Nome Public Schools

Anvil City Science Academy
Mile 3.5 Nome-teller Highway
ZIP: 99762
Middle
Total Enrollment 60

Extensions Correspondence
Mile 3.5 Nome-teller Highway
ZIP: 99762
Other
Total Enrollment 13

Nome Elementary
6th Avenue/k Street
ZIP: 99762
Primary
Total Enrollment 375

Nome Youth Facility
4th Avenue/k Street
ZIP: 99762
Other
Total Enrollment 9

Nome-beltz Jr/sr High
Mile 3.5 Nome-teller Highway
ZIP: 99762
High
Total Enrollment 239

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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