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Fairbanks, AK

32,496 Population
31.7 square miles 1,023.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 32.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.3 ±0.1

Economics

$34,820 ±$1,875 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $42,744 ±$2,105
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $42,828 ±$523
$69,914 ±$3,233 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $81,655 ±$4,690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $86,370 ±$1,083

9.7% ±1.7% (2,894  ±514) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 6.9% † 6,356 (±0.8% / ±768)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,227 (±0.5% / ±3,390)

13.8 minutes ±1.3 (212,925  ±22,231) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 19.2 867,730 (±0.8 / ±43,515)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alaska: 19.3 6,227,605 (±0.3 / ±101,906)

Families

11,931 ±491 Number of households
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 35,824 ±687
  • Alaska: 264,376 ±1,393
2.5 ±0.1 (29,718  ±107) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 2.6 92,287 (±0.1 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.7 704,874

8.5% ±2.9% (667  ±229) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 7.1% † 1,580 (±1.5% / ±325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 6.2% 10,454 (±0.4% / ±619)

Housing

13,806 ±496 Number of housing units
  • the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 42,772 ±57
  • Alaska: 326,188 ±564

$262,000 ±$16,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: $276,800 ±$6,789
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $318,000 ±$3,343

22.9% ±3.4% (7,270  ±1,073.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 18.3% 17,375 (±1.7% / ±1,572.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 15.4% 111,404 (±0.5% / ±3,672.6)

Social

94.7% ±4.4% (18,134  ±1,046.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 94.7% 58,079 (±3.5% / ±2,120.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 454,182 (±1% / ±4,688.8)
26.5% ±2.6% (5,072  ±,524.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 33% 20,212 (±2.1% / ±1,266.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 30.8% 149,397 (±0.6% / ±2,881.6)

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

6.8% ±1.1% (2,194  ±355) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 5.3% 5,094
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 58,074

12.2% ±2% (2,409  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fairbanks-College, AK Metro Area: 14.6% 9,600 (±1.3% / ±881)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 11.5% 61,251 (±0.3% / ±1,756)
2,409 Total veterans ±402 2,108 Male ±398 301 Female ±119

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