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Wasilla, AK

9,267 Population
12.4 square miles 747.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 35.3 ±0.1

Economics

$38,415 ±$3,397 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $44,553 ±$710
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $42,828 ±$523
$69,534 ±$6,049 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $93,016 ±$2,117
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $86,370 ±$1,083

12.9% ±3.4% (1,183  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 9.8% 38,225 (±0.7% / ±2,746)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,227 (±0.5% / ±3,390)

30.8 minutes ±3.5 (107,610  ±16,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 22.9 4,056,265 (±0.4 / ±87,851)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.3 6,227,605 (±0.3 / ±101,906)

Families

4,066 ±212 Number of households
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 146,424 ±905
  • Alaska: 264,376 ±1,393
2.3 ±0.1 (9,181  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 2.7 389,457 (±0 / ±206)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.7 704,874

6.4% ±3.8% (129  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 6.4% 6,139 (±0.5% / ±492)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 6.2% 10,454 (±0.4% / ±619)

Housing

4,352 ±215 Number of housing units
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 169,429 ±165
  • Alaska: 326,188 ±564

$302,200 ±$26,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $344,500 ±$3,597
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $318,000 ±$3,343

21.6% ±4.9% (1,960  ±,449.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 15.9% 62,627 (±0.8% / ±3,048.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 15.4% 111,404 (±0.5% / ±3,672.6)

Social

95.3% ±6.5% (6,089  ±481) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 94.2% 248,498 (±1.4% / ±3,678.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 454,182 (±1% / ±4,688.8)
20.2% ±3.2% (1,288  ±,210.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 33.4% 88,156 (±0.9% / ±2,269.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

5.8% ±2% (533  ±184) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.8% 35,271
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 58,074

12.4% ±2.4% (846  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 12.4% 35,916 (±0.5% / ±1,395)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 11.5% 61,251 (±0.3% / ±1,756)
846 Total veterans ±164 724 Male ±147 122 Female ±71

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