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Petersburg Borough, AK

3,409 Population
2,900.9 square miles 1.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,950 ±$6,311 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,125 ±$14,547 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±1.9% (228  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

6.8 minutes ±1 (11,320  ±1,929) Mean travel time to work
  • about one-third of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,371 ±110 Number of households
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,129  ±99) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±3.6% (35  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,863 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$315,100 ±$23,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±4.2% (385  ±139.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±6.9% (2,264  ±203.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.8% ±4.5% (646  ±116.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.8% (471  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2% (185  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
185 Total veterans ±53 159 Male ±50 26 Female ±19

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