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Fairbanks, AK Metro Area

95,593 Population
7,334.8 square miles 13 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,885 ±$2,614 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $39,509 ±$944
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$72,149 ±$10,632 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $77,845 ±$2,148
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

6.4% ±1.9% (5,856  ±1,735) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,165 (±1% / ±6,814)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

19.5 minutes ±0.6 (889,560  ±41,464) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,323,585 (±0.3 / ±102,369)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

36,426 ±1,589 Number of households
  • Alaska: 271,311 ±3,313
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0.1 (91,710  ±987) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 706,833 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6.5% ±3.3% (1,450  ±727) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 5.2% † 8,677 (±0.9% / ±1,586)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

42,673 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 327,889 ±219
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$265,900 ±$22,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $304,900 ±$7,331
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.5% ±3.2% (13,589  ±3,000.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 13.7% 98,861 (±1% / ±7,561.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

96.3% ±6.9% (59,071  ±4,350.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 93.3% 453,289 (±2.2% / ±10,769.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
38.1% ±4.3% (23,389  ±2,634.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 32.8% 159,290 (±1.3% / ±6,238.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.7% ±1.7% (6,403  ±1,634) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 8.1% 59,061 (±0.6% / ±4,446)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

11.3% ±2.8% (7,179  ±1,779) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 11.1% 58,431 (±0.7% / ±3,546)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
7,179 Total veterans ±1,779 6,117 Male ±1,714 1,062 Female ±571

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