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Fairbanks, AK Urban Area

68,976 Population
74.4 square miles 926.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,491 ±$5,201 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$86,017 ±$11,047 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.5% ±2.7% (3,602  ±1,779) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.4 minutes ±1 (610,170  ±43,135) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

25,826 ±2,012 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (65,051  ±3,614) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7% ±4.6% (1,124  ±745) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,045 ±1,653 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$329,100 ±$13,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.4% ±4.3% (13,861  ±3,006.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±6.7% (41,154  ±3,650.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.3% ±4.4% (13,777  ±2,070.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.4% ±1.7% (4,377  ±1,171) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

14.7% ±3.1% (6,475  ±1,427) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,475 Total veterans ±1,427 5,704 Male ±1,468 771 Female ±504

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