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College, AK

11,924 Population
18.8 square miles 635.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,311 ±$4,920 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $45,905 ±$2,113
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,895 ±$7,673 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $88,267 ±$4,639
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±3% (723  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 6.1% † 5,619 (±1% / ±931)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±1.5 (84,800  ±15,188) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 19.2 863,010 (±1 / ±54,018)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,626 ±454 Number of households
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 36,359 ±1,066
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (11,197  ±1,108) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 2.5 91,336 (±0.1 / ±2,014)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±4.3% (227  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 7% † 1,546 (±1.5% / ±326)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,165 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 42,680 ±799
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$297,500 ±$31,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $298,200 ±$9,478
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.4% ±4.6% (2,385  ±584.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 17.8% † 16,758 (±1.8% / ±1,675.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±2.8% (7,251  ±743.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 94.8% 58,271 (±3.5% / ±2,134.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±5.3% (3,026  ±502.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 33.1% 20,340 (±2% / ±1,255.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

8% ±2.2% (952  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 5.6% 5,347
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±2.5% (811  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 13.7% 8,820 (±1.2% / ±811)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
811 Total veterans ±226 792 Male ±222 19 Female ±22

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