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Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

117,613 Population
24,707.3 square miles 4.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 36.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,928 ±$2,040 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $47,267 ±$1,531
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$96,643 ±$5,867 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $95,665 ±$3,278
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9% ±1.7% (10,382  ±2,009) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 73,398 (±0.9% / ±6,760)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

36.6 minutes ±2.6 (1,699,985  ±144,358) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,567,965 (±0.8 / ±288,517)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

39,440 ±871 Number of households
  • Alaska: 274,045 ±3,774
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0.1 (114,651  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 708,617
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±2.2% (1,132  ±596) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 6.9% † 11,608 (±1.1% / ±1,835)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

51,352 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,757 ±639
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$379,500 ±$12,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $376,500 ±$7,020
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±2.1% (11,398  ±2,382.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,874 (±1.2% / ±8,941)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.4% ±4.5% (72,792  ±3,536.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.4% 465,092 (±2% / ±10,327.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.2% ±2.6% (21,181  ±2,022.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 32.8% 163,093 (±1.2% / ±6,041.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

2.6% (3,068  ±845) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,836
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.7% ±1.5% (11,024  ±1,271) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 9.9% 53,386 (±0.6% / ±3,041)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,024 Total veterans ±1,271 9,407 Male ±1,225 1,617 Female ±544

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