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Census Tract 12.01, Matanuska-Susitna, AK

6,236 Population
8.6 square miles 722 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Palmer: 32.9 ±2.4
  • about the same as the figure in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$42,278 ±$4,042 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Palmer: $37,718 † ±$3,946
  • about the same as the amount in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: $42,386 ±$1,027
$84,267 ±$9,179 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Palmer: $72,201 ±$6,849
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: $94,031 ±$2,542

10.2% ±2.7% (613  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Palmer: 13% † 788 (±2.4% / ±143)
  • about the same as the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 10% 11,067 (±0.8% / ±928)

28.4 minutes ±1.8 (65,890  ±7,215) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Palmer: 26.8 71,090 (±1.3 / ±6,136)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 34.8 1,494,325 (±0.7 / ±42,767)

Families

2,237 ±126 Number of households
  • Palmer: 2,310 ±119
  • Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 39,869 ±376
2.6 ±0.2 (5,915  ±272) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Palmer: 2.6 5,950 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • a little less than the figure in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.8 110,334 (±0 / ±124)

6.9% ±2.4% (104  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Palmer: 3.8% † 64 (±1.8% / ±31)
  • about the same as the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 6.8% † 1,735 (±1% / ±266)

Housing

2,372 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Palmer: 2,498 ±117
  • Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 51,170 ±110

$320,500 ±$11,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Palmer: $294,900 ±$13,119
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: $346,600 ±$4,883

12.2% ±3.2% (746  ±195.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Palmer: 13.2% † 815 (±3.1% / ±192.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 11.9% 13,310 (±1% / ±1,116.6)

Social

94.9% ±3.5% (3,908  ±244.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Palmer: 93% 3,688 (±4.3% / ±226.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 94.1% 70,426 (±1.9% / ±1,423.1)
30.8% ±3.1% (1,268  ±142.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Palmer: 24.5% † 972 (±2.7% / ±111.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 24.4% 18,268 (±1% / ±727.8)

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

1.9% ±0.7% (119  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Palmer: 3.3% † 207 (±1% / ±65)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 2.9% 3,260

13.1% ±2.2% (628  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Palmer: 11.1% † 536 (±1.7% / ±81)
  • about the same as the rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 13.3% 10,994 (±0.7% / ±580)
628 Total veterans ±108 571 Male ±103 57 Female ±27

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