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SheetAK-NIKOLAEVSK-AK · Nikolaevsk, AK 202 pop · income 27th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Nikolaevsk
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Nikolaevsk on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Ambler · lowest
41,563
Ambler · lowest
41,563 median HH income
39.0% of the leader · rank #1
Nikolaevsk · this city
55,000
Nikolaevsk · this city
55,000 median HH income
51.6% of the leader · rank #2
Gurley · near
55,000
Gurley · near
55,000 median HH income
51.6% of the leader · rank #3
Perrytown · near
55,000
Perrytown · near
55,000 median HH income
51.6% of the leader · rank #4
Ridgecrest He… · near
55,000
Ridgecrest He… · near
55,000 median HH income
51.6% of the leader · rank #5
Lawtey · near
55,000
Lawtey · near
55,000 median HH income
51.6% of the leader · rank #6
Gwynneville · highest
106,597
Gwynneville · highest
106,597 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Nikolaevsk on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 202.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Nikolaevsk places in the 27th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
27th
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Nikolaevsk, AK
Nikolaevsk is a small town in Alaska, home to 202 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Nikolaevsk report a median income of $55,000 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 24.4%. Home values in Nikolaevsk run a median of $187,500, and the median resident age is 45.6 years. Educational attainment runs 31.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 38.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Alaska tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Alaska scores 102.4 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,467 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Alaska run around $271, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Nikolaevsk report an average commute of 26.4 minutes, with 79.7% driving alone and 20.3% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 35.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Nikolaevsk's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Nikolaevsk, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Nikolaevsk?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 24.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Nikolaevsk?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.4 minutes.
What does the education layer cover for Nikolaevsk?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 31.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Nikolaevsk?
Within Alaska, the closest population matches are Northway (202 residents); Russian Mission (202 residents, $48,125 income); Ambler (201 residents, $41,563 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mount Olive CDP (Coosa County), AL (202 residents); Fowlerton, IN (202 residents); Gwynneville, IN (202 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Below median income · poverty 24.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
102.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Alaska average
F
City profile score · Nikolaevsk, AK
29/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
102.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$55,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
24.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Nikolaevsk profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 61/100 (C+) · 31.6%
Cost of living: 29/100 (F) · 102.4 index
Household income: 27/100 (F) · $55,000
Poverty rate: 7/100 (F) · 24.4%
How does Nikolaevsk compare to other US cities?
Where Nikolaevsk sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income27% higher than other cities
Home value39% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Nikolaevsk against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alaska only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alaska-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Nikolaevsk near the bottom of Alaska's cities
Among the 228 Alaska cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Nikolaevsk ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Nikolaevsk only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#148 of 215
31st percentile in Alaska
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 228
0th percentile in Alaska
Median Home Value
#112 of 200
44th percentile in Alaska
Poverty Rate
#47 of 225
79th percentile in Alaska
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#40 of 228
82nd percentile in Alaska
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alaska only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
27th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Nikolaevsk's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$187,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 61% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Nikolaevsk's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,610 of 15,516
More affordable than 45% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,985 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4×, Nikolaevsk sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,610 of 15,516 and #6,985 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$55,000Nikolaevsk, AK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Nikolaevsk, AK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Nikolaevsk, AK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)24.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)38.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
202
Median Income
$55,000
Median Home Value
$187,500
Median Age
45.6
Poverty Rate
24.4%
Labor force participation
38.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.6%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.4 minutes
Drive Alone
79.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
20.3%
Based on 64 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alaska statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $271
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alaska at $271 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alaska statewide averages, not a meter reading for Nikolaevsk. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alaska's BEA cost-of-living index is 102.4 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Nikolaevsk is $1,467/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alaska statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 35.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alaska statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Nikolaevsk sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Nikolaevsk compares to similar-size Alaska cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.