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Fairbanks, AK Urban Area

71,555 Population
74.3 square miles 962.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,943 ±$4,230 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$82,840 ±$9,160 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.3% ±2.3% (5,002  ±1,626) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.1 minutes ±0.5 (634,580  ±52,186) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

28,324 ±2,633 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.3 (67,858  ±6,055) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.9% ±4.1% (956  ±677) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

31,342 ±2,351 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$265,400 ±$21,303 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.7% ±3.8% (11,125  ±2,806.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.4% ±5.6% (42,264  ±3,732.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.9% ±4.4% (12,618  ±2,143.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±1.2% (2,699  ±888) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

12.3% ±2.5% (5,581  ±1,244) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,581 Total veterans ±1,244 4,582 Male ±1,126 999 Female ±493

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