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Population (year 2000): 1,570. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,778 (+13.2% change)
Males: 825 (52.5%), Females: 745 (47.5%)
Zip code:
99705
Median resident age: 28.8 years
Median household income: $44,583 (year 2000)
Median house value: $116,300 (year 2000)
Races in North Pole:
- White Non-Hispanic (79.4%)
- American Indian (7.2%)
- Black (5.7%)
- Two or more races (5.6%)
- Hispanic (3.8%)
- Filipino (2.1%)
- Other race (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (20.2%), Irish (13.6%),
English (9.2%), United States (8.8%), Italian (4.3%), French
(4.1%).
Land area: 4.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in North Pole
- High school or higher: 89.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
- Unemployed: 12.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in North Pole city
- Never married: 31.4%
- Now married: 53.0%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 3.2%
- Divorced: 10.3%
5.0% Foreign born (3.0% Asia, 1.1% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +80 (+5.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near North Pole:
- FAIRBANKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK)
- VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 247 miles; PALMER, AK)
- VALDEZ COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 261 miles; VALDEZ,
AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
North Pole:
- WAINWRIGHT AAF (about 19 miles; FAIRBANKS/FT
WAINWRIGHT, AK; ID: FBK)
- EIELSON AFB (about 19 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; ID: EIL)
- FAIRBANKS INTL (about 35 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; ID:
FAI)
Other public-use airports nearest to North Pole:
- BRADLEY SKY-RANCH (about 3 miles; NORTH POLE, AK;
ID: 95Z)
- CHENA RIVER (about 34 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; ID: 2Z5)
- TOTATLANIKA RIVER (about 96 miles; TOTATLANIKA
RIVER, AK; ID: 9AK)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
North Pole:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 34 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; Full-time enrollment: 5,034)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 298 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; FT enrollment: 9,453)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2013 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2042 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2044 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 2062 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 2078 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT
enrollment: 3,889)
Public high school in North Pole:
- NORTH POLE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 899;
Location: 601 NPHS BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in North Pole:
- NORTH POLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 122;
Location: PO BO 55306; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in North Pole:
- NORTH POLE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 568;
Location: 300 EAST 8TH AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- NORTH POLE ELEMENTARY (Students: 516;
Location: 250 SNOWMAN LANE; Grades: PK - 06)
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