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Matanuska-Susitna & Kenai Peninsula Boroughs PUMA, AK

178,872 Population
40,724.9 square miles 4.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,812 ±$1,899 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $47,267 ±$1,531
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,797 ±$5,654 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $95,665 ±$3,278
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.5% ±1.6% (16,711  ±2,805) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 73,398 (±0.9% / ±6,760)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.4 minutes ±2.4 (2,196,405  ±184,723) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,567,965 (±0.8 / ±288,517)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

64,184 ±1,540 Number of households
  • Alaska: 274,045 ±3,774
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (173,735  ±233) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 708,617
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±1.7% (1,813  ±666) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 6.9% † 11,608 (±1.1% / ±1,835)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

84,381 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,757 ±639
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$366,800 ±$9,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $376,500 ±$7,020
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±1.7% (18,727  ±3,047) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,874 (±1.2% / ±8,941)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.8% ±3.5% (114,671  ±4,369.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.4% 465,092 (±2% / ±10,327.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.4% ±2.1% (33,503  ±2,581.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 32.8% 163,093 (±1.2% / ±6,041.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5.9% ±0.4% (9,636  ±682.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 15.1% 103,908 (±0.4% / ±2,732.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.9% (5,196  ±982) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,836
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11% ±1.2% (14,809  ±1,585) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 9.9% 53,386 (±0.6% / ±3,041)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,809 Total veterans ±1,585 12,760 Male ±1,496 2,049 Female ±659

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