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Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

115,239 Population
24,707.3 square miles 4.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 36.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,982 ±$2,678 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $45,792 ±$1,345
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$93,673 ±$5,018 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $86,631 ±$2,575
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.1% ±2% (11,305  ±2,246) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 10.4% 74,353 (±0.8% / ±5,930)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

33.9 minutes ±1.5 (1,530,445  ±100,179) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,482,245 (±0.8 / ±302,128)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

39,870 ±926 Number of households
  • Alaska: 276,852 ±3,294
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0.1 (112,358  ±86) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.5 703,591
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±1.7% (1,164  ±434) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 5.2% † 8,757 (±1% / ±1,713)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

51,218 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,681 ±282
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$341,300 ±$11,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $347,500 ±$5,906
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.9% ±1.5% (10,083  ±1,752.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 14.3% 103,740 (±1.1% / ±8,045.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.3% ±3.8% (71,621  ±2,996.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.2% 460,431 (±2.1% / ±10,654.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.5% ±2.2% (20,347  ±1,659.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 32.2% 159,207 (±1.4% / ±6,906.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% (2,905  ±909) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 7.4% 54,571
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

12.6% ±1.4% (10,706  ±1,204) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 56,038 (±0.7% / ±3,839)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,706 Total veterans ±1,204 8,897 Male ±1,148 1,809 Female ±520

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