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Matanuska-Susitna & Kenai Peninsula Boroughs PUMA, AK

174,015 Population
40,724.7 square miles 4.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$39,073 ±$1,841 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $43,054 ±$986
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$80,861 ±$4,286 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $88,121 ±$2,804
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.8% ±1.6% (18,236  ±2,635) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 11% 78,608 (±0.9% / ±6,403)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

28.1 minutes ±1.7 (1,906,140  ±137,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,303,615 (±0.6 / ±240,596)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

65,140 ±1,273 Number of households
  • Alaska: 274,574 ±3,261
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (169,664  ±257) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,525
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

7% ±1.9% (2,600  ±724) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 6% † 10,125 (±1% / ±1,618)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

84,010 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,160 ±406
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$326,300 ±$10,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $336,900 ±$6,274
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.1% ±2% (22,480  ±3,447.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 15.2% 110,105 (±1.2% / ±8,728.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

94.7% ±3.4% (111,750  ±4,059.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.3% 456,549 (±2.1% / ±10,384.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
25% ±1.9% (29,530  ±2,260.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 30.6% 149,646 (±1.2% / ±5,902)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

6.6% ±0.5% (10,412  ±,800.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 15.7% 107,382 (±0.4% / ±2,861.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

3.5% (6,076  ±1,140) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 7.5% 55,072
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

11.7% ±1.1% (15,119  ±1,426) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 53,692 (±0.6% / ±3,292)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,119 Total veterans ±1,426 13,262 Male ±1,375 1,857 Female ±544

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