Badger vs Chena Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Badger and Chena Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Badger and Chena Ridge are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Badger has the higher population (19,033 vs 5,927 in Chena Ridge). Chena Ridge has the higher median household income ($140,722 vs $98,042 in Badger). Chena Ridge has the higher median home value ($411,600 vs $291,600 in Badger).

Population, income & housing

	Badger	Chena Ridge
Population	19,033	5,927
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,042	$140,722
Median home value	$291,600	$411,600
Median gross rent	$1,672	$1,148
Housing units	7,603	2,557
Homeownership rate	81.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badger	Chena Ridge
Population	18,911 → 19,033 (+0.6%)	6,111 → 5,927 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$81,111 → $98,042 (+20.9%)	$100,744 → $140,722 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$224,900 → $291,600 (+29.7%)	$281,000 → $411,600 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,672 (+27.7%)	$789 → $1,148 (+45.5%)

Badger

Population

18,91119,033

Median household income

$81,111$98,042

Median home value

$224,900$291,600

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,672

Chena Ridge

Population

6,1115,927

Median household income

$100,744$140,722

Median home value

$281,000$411,600

Median gross rent

$789$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badger	Chena Ridge
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.7%
75 and over	4.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badger	Chena Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	68.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	12.5%
Asian	1.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.5%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badger	Chena Ridge
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badger	Chena Ridge
Drove alone	83.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.7%
Other means	2.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badger	Chena Ridge
1-unit, detached	72.0%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Badger	Chena Ridge
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1996