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Wasilla, AK

9,435 Population
12.4 square miles 761.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,192 ±$4,150 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $47,015 ±$869
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$70,756 ±$5,448 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $95,918 ±$1,755
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

15.1% ±4% (1,404  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 9.6% 37,337 (±0.5% / ±2,284)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

30.1 minutes ±3 (106,370  ±14,013) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 22.8 4,021,035 (±0.4 / ±101,618)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

4,078 ±220 Number of households
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 147,550 ±4,261
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.3 ±0.1 (9,313  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 2.6 389,852 (±0.1 / ±11,189)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

6.6% ±3.7% (137  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 5.7% 5,444 (±0.6% / ±533)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

4,299 ±232 Number of housing units
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 170,639 ±3,948
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$325,000 ±$19,891 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $358,900 ±$4,200
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

22.1% ±4.9% (2,049  ±453) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 15.4% 60,869 (±1.1% / ±4,361.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

95.4% ±6.7% (6,133  ±504.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 94.1% 249,878 (±1.4% / ±3,597.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
18.5% ±3.2% (1,190  ±213.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 34% 90,276 (±0.8% / ±2,157.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.2% ±1.5% (399  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.7% 34,870
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

12.5% ±2.5% (880  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 12% 34,982 (±0.5% / ±1,901)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
880 Total veterans ±181 780 Male ±171 100 Female ±52

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