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Meadow Lakes, AK

8,689 Population
75.5 square miles 115 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,310 ±$2,746 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $48,682 ±$644
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,699 ±$7,450 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $100,505 ±$2,005
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±3.6% (1,217  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 9.3% 36,348 (±0.6% / ±2,542)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.7 minutes ±4.8 (113,145  ±18,706) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 22.7 3,998,620 (±0.4 / ±91,917)
  • about double the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,121 ±211 Number of households
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 148,466 ±1,412
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (8,680  ±763) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 2.6 391,736 (±0 / ±2,867)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±2.5% (68  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 5.9% 5,732 (±0.6% / ±540)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,856 ±176 Number of housing units
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 171,518 ±949
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$323,100 ±$22,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $379,100 ±$5,242
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±2.5% (640  ±221.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 15.1% 59,946 (±0.8% / ±3,169.2)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±1.9% (5,185  ±385.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 94.1% 251,938 (±1.4% / ±3,605.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±2.5% (895  ±155.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 34.7% 92,817 (±0.8% / ±2,160.8)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about two-fifths of 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

3.6% ±2.2% (309  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.6% 34,689
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.3% ±2.2% (917  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 11.6% 34,052 (±0.5% / ±1,383)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
917 Total veterans ±159 726 Male ±131 191 Female ±80

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