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Point Hope, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Point Hope is a Census city of 832 people across 5.02 square miles of land, in North Slope Borough. Median household income is $74,844, 54.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $50,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Point Hope
What Point Hope is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.02 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land166 plus or minus 38
- County holding the largest share of its areaNorth Slope Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Point Hope
How many people live in Point Hope
- Population832 plus or minus 189
- Median age26.2 plus or minus 6.5
- Population under 18364
- Share under 1843.8 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Population 65 and over61 plus or minus 28
- Share 65 and over7.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Households185 plus or minus 41
- Family households156 plus or minus 37
- Share of households that are families84.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Point Hope
- Median household income$74,844 plus or minus $15,652
- Per capita income$24,701 plus or minus $7,539
- Civilian labor force295 plus or minus 77
- Employed218 plus or minus 59
- Unemployed77 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate26.1 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Adults 25 and over437 plus or minus 106
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.6 percent plus or minus 24.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher3.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Point Hope
- Housing units216
- Occupied units185 plus or minus 41
- Vacant units31 plus or minus 10
- Vacancy rate14.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied101 plus or minus 31
- Renter occupied84 plus or minus 29
- Ownership rate54.6 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$167,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,088
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units209 plus or minus 42
- Share single family96.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more3.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Point Hope gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute212 plus or minus 58
- Commuting under 15 minutes206 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting under 15 minutes97.2 percent plus or minus 36.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more0
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more0.0 percent
- Drove alone13.3 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Carpooled7.8 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked45.0 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Worked from home2.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Point Hope
SBA loans in Point Hope (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$50,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term119 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Point Hope, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
North Slope Borough, not Point Hope
North Slope Borough context, not Point Hope figures
- Establishments in North Slope Borough145
- Covered employment, North Slope Borough11,794
- Average annual pay, North Slope Borough$128,567
- Housing units permitted, North Slope Borough8
Every figure in this section is published for North Slope Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Point Hope.
All North Slope Borough figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Point Hope questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Point Hope, Alaska?
832, in 185 households. Point Hope city covers 5.02 square miles of land, which is 166 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Point Hope in?
North Slope Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Point Hope?
$74,844. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $167,000. Median gross rent is $1,088 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Point Hope businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $50,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Point Hope, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Point Hope borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Point Hope. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Point Hope figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for North Slope Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Point Hope.
Is zoning published for Point Hope?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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