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Fairbanks, AK

32,242 Population
31.7 square miles 1,015.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,392 ±$2,023 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $44,666 ±$1,878
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$72,077 ±$5,264 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $84,722 ±$5,460
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

9.6% ±2.4% (2,851  ±981) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 6.2% † 5,669 (±1.2% / ±1,178)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

14.1 minutes ±3 (220,380  ±31,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 19.9 893,195 (±1 / ±65,152)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

12,203 ±3,169 Number of households
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 36,176 ±2,916
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.4 ±0.9 (29,402  ±6,958) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 2.5 91,613 (±0.1 / ±8,089)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

8.2% ±3.4% (631  ±272) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 6.3% † 1,395 (±1.5% / ±333)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

13,924 ±2,998 Number of housing units
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 42,695 ±3,128
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$255,700 ±$16,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $282,500 ±$8,291
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

22.9% ±5.8% (7,243  ±1,830) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 17.8% † 16,784 (±2.8% / ±2,590.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

93.8% ±4.3% (17,895  ±1,348.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 94.9% 58,074 (±3.4% / ±2,103.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
26.5% ±3.9% (5,052  ±794) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 33.7% 20,632 (±2.2% / ±1,351.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

6.9% ±1.6% (2,208  ±528) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 5.1% 4,891
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

10.7% ±2.3% (2,087  ±636) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 14.1% 9,038 (±0.7% / ±866)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
2,087 Total veterans ±636 1,811 Male ±584 276 Female ±124

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