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Wasilla, AK

9,720 Population
12.4 square miles 784.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,552 ±$4,931 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $48,682 ±$644
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
$67,234 ±$11,368 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $100,505 ±$2,005
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232

17.5% ±4.4% (1,683  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 9.3% 36,348 (±0.6% / ±2,542)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)

29.8 minutes ±2.4 (106,595  ±15,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 22.7 3,998,620 (±0.4 / ±91,917)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)

Families

4,183 ±270 Number of households
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 148,466 ±1,412
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
2.3 ±0.2 (9,562  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 2.6 391,736 (±0 / ±2,867)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937

5.2% ±3.3% (118  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 5.9% 5,732 (±0.6% / ±540)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)

Housing

4,437 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 171,518 ±949
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442

$358,400 ±$24,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $379,100 ±$5,242
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735

20.1% ±4.5% (1,916  ±427.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 15.1% 59,946 (±0.8% / ±3,169.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)

Social

96.1% ±6.9% (6,363  ±549.2) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
21.7% ±3.9% (1,440  ±265.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 34.7% 92,817 (±0.8% / ±2,160.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3% ±1.3% (287  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.6% 34,689
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745

10.3% ±2.6% (761  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 11.6% 34,052 (±0.5% / ±1,383)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
761 Total veterans ±193 677 Male ±187 84 Female ±55

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