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Happy Valley, AK

773 Population
88.2 square miles 8.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.5 ±0.5
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,778 ±$8,393 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $42,899 ±$2,268
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$55,521 ±$13,877 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $77,722 ±$5,508
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

17.1% ±7% (132  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.6% † 6,790 (±1.4% / ±805)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

24.8 minutes ±9.1 (5,075  ±2,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 20.4 448,965 (±1.2 / ±29,300)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

381 ±60 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 23,902 ±415
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2 ±0.1 (773  ±125) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.4 58,062 (±0 / ±144)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

614 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,707 ±122
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$208,600 ±$45,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $297,500 ±$8,572
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

4.9% ±3.9% (38  ±31.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 12.3% † 7,321 (±1.3% / ±770.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

92.4% ±20.1% (560  ±83.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.3% 40,036 (±2.7% / ±1,172.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
23.4% ±5.5% (142  ±40.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 29.4% 12,477 (±1.5% / ±621.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

1.4% ±1.5% (11  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.9% 2,320
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

20.9% ±6.7% (138  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.4% 4,806 (±0.8% / ±375)
  • nearly double the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
138 Total veterans ±49 113 Male ±37 25 Female ±20

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