Alaska / AIANNHCE 7735 / Alaska Native area

Wainwright

The full tribal profile includes the report map, demographic tables, broadband tables, FCC provider sections, and interactive charts.

99.5%25/3 availability

99.5%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

4Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Wainwright within Alaska, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Village of Wainwright is a village in Alaska associated with this alaska native village, and it . The latest FCC BDC filing shows 4 fixed providers and 1 mobile providers across roughly 219 service locations, with current availability of 99.5% at 25/3 Mbps, 99.5% at 100/20, and 0.5% at 1000/100.

Tribal Area Description

Wainwright is a Alaska Native Village in Alaska with tribal lands. Inupiat village north of the Arctic Circle, where traditional whaling and marine mammal hunting remain vital.

Website Summary: www.north-slope.org/our-communities/wainwright

Wainwright is located along a wave-eroded coastal bluff on the west side of a narrow peninsula which separates Wainwright Inlet from the Chukchi Sea. Wainwright is 72 air miles southwest of Utqiagvik. The inlet was named in 1826 by Captain F. The website includes sections on Visitors, Asna, Asrc, Iḷisaġvik College, Nsbsd, and Permits.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	494	437	556	621	612	718
Households	135	126	138	140	171	194
Median age	30.4	29.9	28.9	40.8	29.0	28.4
Male / Female	56.7% / 43.3%	53.8% / 46.2%	49.8% / 50.2%	60.1% / 39.9%	51.6% / 48.4%	54.6% / 45.4%
Avg. household size	3.45	3.28	3.91	3.48	3.58	3.70
Pop. density (per sq mi)	47.9	42.4	53.9	60.2	59.3	69.6
HH density (per sq mi)	13.1	12.2	13.4	13.6	16.6	18.8

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$62,292	$69,167	$84,000	$79,500	$85,750	$93,750
Per capita income	$26,396	$27,536	$27,039	$68,028	$27,123	$30,294
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.8%	8.4%	9.2%	16.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	7.9%	13.1%	8.0%	17.1%	12.6%
HS diploma or higher	52.1%	54.9%	59.8%	42.2%	65.5%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	5.9%	4.7%	4.4%	3.6%	5.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Queried by AIANNHCE code. Population and household density are calculated from Census population or households divided by land area in square miles.

Table 3. Download/Upload Speeds (Mbps)

Period	Download	Upload
2019Q1	8.5 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2019Q2	9.1 Mbps	3.2 Mbps
2019Q3	7.5 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2019Q4	8.1 Mbps	3.5 Mbps
2020Q1	7.0 Mbps	3.1 Mbps
2020Q2	4.9 Mbps	1.8 Mbps
2020Q3	8.2 Mbps	3.4 Mbps
2020Q4	4.5 Mbps	2.8 Mbps
2021Q1	9.0 Mbps	7.7 Mbps
2021Q2	9.1 Mbps	2.7 Mbps
2021Q3	36.9 Mbps	33.4 Mbps
2021Q4	26.2 Mbps	32.3 Mbps
2022Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q2	14.3 Mbps	4.4 Mbps
2022Q3	14.4 Mbps	14.3 Mbps
2022Q4	163.6 Mbps	10.7 Mbps
2023Q1	136.2 Mbps	16.1 Mbps
2023Q2	111.8 Mbps	12.3 Mbps
2023Q3	144.8 Mbps	16.3 Mbps
2023Q4	114.4 Mbps	14.0 Mbps
2024Q1	83.4 Mbps	8.8 Mbps
2024Q2	128.7 Mbps	10.5 Mbps
2024Q3	56.2 Mbps	16.4 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	99.1%	99.1%	0.5%
2023	98.6%	98.6%	0.5%
2024	99.5%	99.5%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	50.0%	44.4%
2018	50.4%	52.4%
2019	48.1%	62.5%
2020	46.8%	62.5%
2021	50.0%	78.6%
2022	47.1%	65.2%
2023	50.9%	88.0%
2024	42.8%	83.3%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	99.5%
100/20 Mbps	99.5%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	99.5%	92%
100/20 Mbps	99.5%	85%
Adoption	42.8%	78%

Sources: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Ookla Open Data Initiative, and U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. National benchmarks are carried over from the report comparison section.

Figure 2. Speed Trends (2019–2024)

Figure 3. Availability (2015–2025)

Figure 4. Adoption (2017–2024)

Figure 5. Current Status (2024)

Figure 6. Comparison with National Averages

Figure 7. Fixed Coverage by Technology (25/3 Mbps)

Figure 8. Mobile Area Coverage

Notes: speed trends reflect quarterly mean throughput. Availability shows the share of population with access. Tooltips on the charts expose the underlying values for each series.

Table 8. Broadband Provider Summary

Metric	Value
Fixed broadband providers	4
Mobile broadband providers	1
Broadband serviceable locations	219

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc.	Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	—
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—
Quintillion Subsea Holdings	—

Table 10. Fixed Coverage by Technology (% of locations)

Technology	25/3	100/20	250/25	1 Gbps
Any Technology	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
Fiber	79.9%	79.9%	79.9%	0.0%
Cable	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Satellite	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Table 11. Mobile Coverage (% of area)

Technology	Coverage
4G LTE	93.7%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	0.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	0.0%
Total area (sq mi)	25.174

Table 8. Coverage by Tier and Technology (% of locations)

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	83.7	83.7	83.7	83.7
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	83.7	83.7	83.7	83.7
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	83.7	83.7	83.7	83.7
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	83.7	83.7	83.7	83.7
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	83.7	83.7	83.7	83.7
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	83.0	83.0	83.0	83.0
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	83.0	83.0	83.0	83.0
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	83.0	83.0	83.0	83.0
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	83.0	83.0	83.0	83.0
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	83.0	83.0	83.0	83.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	79.8
Any Terrestrial	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8	79.8
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	79.2
Any Terrestrial	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2	79.2
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	79.9
Any Terrestrial	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
Cable	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cable/Fiber	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
Copper	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9	79.9
GSO Satellite	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 filing vintage. Coverage values show the share of residential broadband serviceable locations by technology and speed tier across D22, J23, D23, J24, D24, and J25 filings.

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 Filing (J25). Fixed coverage shows the share of residential broadband serviceable locations, and mobile coverage shows the share of tribal land area.