Photo: Sir Mildred Pierce, from North Augusta, South Carolina, USA · CC BY 2.0How is Nome run?
Nome’s city government spent $36.3 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $9,935 per resident. Water and other utilities ($16.4 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Nome is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Nome School District
Nome’s K–12 school district. The schools are run by Nome, so this money is part of the budget above.
Of the $27,124 per pupil, $12,059 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $9,935 per resident a year, or $27.22 a day
Schools are part of the city’s budget, so they lead the receipt: 53% of day-to-day spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Nome runs its own schools, so school spending is part of this budget. Comparisons are with Alaska cities that run their own schools.
$8,121 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Nome’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($8,121 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 16 Alaska cities that run their own schools: the median was $9,666, and the middle half spent $6,778–$13,455. Nome spent less than 62% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($2.9 million), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Alaska cities that run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Nome itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 16% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Nome reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $8,121 · 2023: $9,627 · 2024: $9,935. Per resident it went from $8,121 to $9,935 (up 22%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 3,847 to 3,654.
full-time in March 2025, down from 171 in 2022.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $3,242 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.91% of the home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Nome’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Nome’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Nome →
Who’s in charge in Nome
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Nome’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on nomealaska.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 21 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (3,654).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Nome.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: nomealaska.org ↗
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Nome’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Nome’s government
How much does Nome spend per resident?
About $9,935 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $8,121 was less than 62% of 16 Alaska cities that run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Nome?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,242 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.91% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see nomealaska.org.
Who runs Nome’s government?
See nomealaska.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Nome yet.
How many people work for Nome?
170 full-time and 30 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $1.2M (about $14.7M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Nome in the state legislature?
State Senate District T (Donny Olson) and State House District 39 (Neal Foster). The House district also covers 26 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Nome’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →