Buffalo Soapstone vs Sutton-Alpine

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo Soapstone and Sutton-Alpine: population, income, housing, and more.

Buffalo Soapstone and Sutton-Alpine are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sutton-Alpine has the higher population (1,361 vs 799 in Buffalo Soapstone). Sutton-Alpine has the higher median household income ($73,553 vs $68,750 in Buffalo Soapstone). Buffalo Soapstone has the higher median home value ($278,600 vs $213,100 in Sutton-Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
Population	799	1,361
Median age	48.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$73,553
Median home value	$278,600	$213,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,023
Housing units	416	511
Homeownership rate	91.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
Population	975 → 799 (-18.1%)	1,458 → 1,361 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$64,727 → $68,750 (+6.2%)	$49,375 → $73,553 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$229,300 → $278,600 (+21.5%)	$164,500 → $213,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,075 (+21.7%)	$1,086 → $1,023 (-5.8%)

Buffalo Soapstone

Population

975799

Median household income

$64,727$68,750

Median home value

$229,300$278,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,075

Sutton-Alpine

Population

1,4581,361

Median household income

$49,375$73,553

Median home value

$164,500$213,100

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
Under 5	4.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	17.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	21.0%
65 to 74	19.3%	12.9%
75 and over	4.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	15.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	2.4%
Two or more races	15.9%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
Drove alone	82.0%	65.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	7.1%
Other means	3.4%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
1-unit, detached	88.2%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Soapstone	Sutton-Alpine
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1998	1988