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Census Tract 8, Matanuska-Susitna, AK

5,517 Population
4.5 square miles 1,214.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wasilla: 34.8 ±2.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$40,554 ±$7,424 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wasilla: $39,552 † ±$4,931
  • a little less than the amount in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: $42,386 ±$1,027
$58,028 ±$15,177 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wasilla: $67,234 † ±$11,368
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: $94,031 ±$2,542

21.3% ±6.6% (1,151  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wasilla: 17.5% † 1,683 (±4.4% / ±421)
  • more than double the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 10% 11,067 (±0.8% / ±928)

32.7 minutes ±3.8 (72,130  ±13,870) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wasilla: 29.8 106,595 (±2.4 / ±15,046)
  • a little less than the figure in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 34.8 1,494,325 (±0.7 / ±42,767)

Families

2,543 ±225 Number of households
  • Wasilla: 4,183 ±270
  • Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 39,869 ±376
2.1 ±0.2 (5,407  ±378) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wasilla: 2.3 9,562 (±0.2 / ±42)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.8 110,334 (±0 / ±124)

4.7% ±4.7% (63  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wasilla: 5.2% † 118 (±3.3% / ±75)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.8% † 1,735 (±1% / ±266)

Housing

2,707 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Wasilla: 4,437 ±262
  • Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 51,170 ±110

$328,900 ±$33,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wasilla: $358,400 ±$24,155
  • a little less than the amount in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: $346,600 ±$4,883

21.1% ±5.9% (1,139  ±327.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wasilla: 20.1% † 1,916 (±4.5% / ±427.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 11.9% 13,310 (±1% / ±1,116.6)

Social

97.4% ±7.6% (3,638  ±444.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wasilla: 96.1% 6,363 (±6.9% / ±549.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 94.1% 70,426 (±1.9% / ±1,423.1)
20.6% ±5.5% (771  ±217.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wasilla: 21.7% † 1,440 (±3.9% / ±265.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 24.4% 18,268 (±1% / ±727.8)

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

2.9% ±1.5% (157  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Wasilla: 3% † 287 (±1.3% / ±123)
  • about the same as the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.9% 3,260

9.8% ±3.6% (415  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Wasilla: 10.3% † 761 (±2.6% / ±193)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 13.3% 10,994 (±0.7% / ±580)
415 Total veterans ±155 398 Male ±154 17 Female ±23

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