Photo: National Park Service · Public domainHow is Nuiqsut run?
Nuiqsut’s city government spent $1.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $3,754 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Nuiqsut didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Nuiqsut is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
North Slope Borough School District
Nuiqsut’s K–12 school district, shared with Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Kaktovik, Point Hope, Utqiaġvik and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $46,456 per pupil, $18,274 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 $3,754 per resident a year, or $10.28 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 39%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Nuiqsut didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Nuiqsut yet
Every year of Nuiqsut’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, the same as 18 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $1,250 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.89% 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 Nuiqsut’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. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Nuiqsut’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Nuiqsut →
Who’s in charge in Nuiqsut
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 23 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (418).
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 Nuiqsut.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Nuiqsut’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Nuiqsut’s government
How much does Nuiqsut spend per resident?
About $3,754 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Nuiqsut didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.6 million.
What is the property tax rate in Nuiqsut?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,250 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.89% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Nuiqsut’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Nuiqsut yet.
How many people work for Nuiqsut?
18 full-time and 10 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $98,112 (about $1.2M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Nuiqsut in the state legislature?
State Senate District T (Donny Olson) and State House District 40 (Robyn Frier). The House district also covers 16 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Nuiqsut’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 (for Nuiqsut, the Bureau’s estimates); 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 →