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Fairbanks, AK

32,083 Population
31.7 square miles 1,010.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,912 ±$1,690 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $45,905 ±$2,113
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
$73,534 ±$4,373 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $88,267 ±$4,639
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232

8.7% ±2% (2,565  ±608) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 6.1% † 5,619 (±1% / ±931)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)

14.6 minutes ±1.3 (233,975  ±25,036) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 19.2 863,010 (±1 / ±54,018)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)

Families

12,071 ±959 Number of households
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 36,359 ±1,066
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
2.4 ±0.2 (29,303  ±1,721) 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

7.2% ±3.2% (555  ±245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 7% † 1,546 (±1.5% / ±326)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)

Housing

13,793 ±902 Number of housing units
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 42,680 ±799
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442

$268,400 ±$13,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $298,200 ±$9,478
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735

22.3% ±3.2% (7,021  ±1,009.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 17.8% † 16,758 (±1.8% / ±1,675.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)

Social

94.1% ±4.8% (18,174  ±1,148.6) 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)
26.3% ±2.8% (5,070  ±573.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 33.1% 20,340 (±2% / ±1,255.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)

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

7.5% ±2% (2,397  ±629) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 5.6% 5,347
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745

11.8% ±2.2% (2,271  ±443) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 13.7% 8,820 (±1.2% / ±811)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
2,271 Total veterans ±443 1,969 Male ±406 302 Female ±125

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