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Census Tract 8, Fairbanks North Star, AK

4,842 Population
1.6 square miles 3,092.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in College: 32.7 ±2.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 32.5 ±0.3

Economics

$52,207 ±$10,326 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in College: $47,311 † ±$4,920
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fairbanks North Star Borough: $45,905 ±$2,113
$84,543 ±$15,790 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in College: $83,895 ±$7,673
  • a little less than the amount in Fairbanks North Star Borough: $88,267 ±$4,639

5.6% ±3.8% (269  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in College: 6.5% † 723 (±3% / ±343)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 6.1% † 5,619 (±1% / ±931)

15.9 minutes ±2.8 (35,885  ±10,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in College: 16 84,800 (±1.5 / ±15,188)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 19.2 863,010 (±1 / ±54,018)

Families

1,984 ±279 Number of households
  • College: 4,626 ±454
  • Fairbanks North Star Borough: 36,359 ±1,066
2.4 ±0.2 (4,817  ±791) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in College: 2.4 11,197 (±0 / ±1,108)
  • a little less than the figure in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 2.5 91,336 (±0.1 / ±2,014)

10.4% ±9.6% (101  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in College: 8.9% † 227 (±4.3% / ±113)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 7% † 1,546 (±1.5% / ±326)

Housing

2,070 ±278 Number of housing units
  • College: 5,165 ±443
  • Fairbanks North Star Borough: 42,680 ±799

$270,800 ±$33,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in College: $297,500 † ±$31,465
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fairbanks North Star Borough: $298,200 ±$9,478

20.5% ±7.6% (966  ±390.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in College: 20.4% † 2,385 (±4.6% / ±584.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 17.8% † 16,758 (±1.8% / ±1,675.1)

Social

96.8% ±5.4% (2,849  ±429.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in College: 95.6% 7,251 (±2.8% / ±743.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 94.8% 58,271 (±3.5% / ±2,134.6)
35.1% ±6.8% (1,034  ±247.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in College: 39.9% † 3,026 (±5.3% / ±502.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 33.1% 20,340 (±2% / ±1,255.6)

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

8.1% ±3.7% (391  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in College: 8% † 952 (±2.2% / ±281)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 5.6% 5,347

8.4% ±5.1% (284  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in College: 9.4% † 811 (±2.5% / ±226)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fairbanks North Star Borough: 13.7% 8,820 (±1.2% / ±811)
284 Total veterans ±180 276 Male ±176 8 Female ±13

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