Buffalo Soapstone vs Talkeetna

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

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

Talkeetna has the higher population (997 vs 799 in Buffalo Soapstone). Talkeetna has the higher median household income ($72,250 vs $68,750 in Buffalo Soapstone). Buffalo Soapstone has the higher median home value ($278,600 vs $243,100 in Talkeetna).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
Population	799	997
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$72,250
Median home value	$278,600	$243,100
Median gross rent	—	$879
Housing units	416	830
Homeownership rate	91.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
Population	975 → 799 (-18.1%)	1,237 → 997 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$64,727 → $68,750 (+6.2%)	$71,389 → $72,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$229,300 → $278,600 (+21.5%)	$222,200 → $243,100 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,075 (+21.7%)	$1,220 → $879 (-28.0%)

Buffalo Soapstone

Population

975799

Median household income

$64,727$68,750

Median home value

$229,300$278,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,075

Talkeetna

Population

1,237997

Median household income

$71,389$72,250

Median home value

$222,200$243,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
Under 5	4.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	32.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	19.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	19.3%	9.5%
75 and over	4.0%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.0%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
Drove alone	82.0%	61.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	28.7%
Other means	3.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
1-unit, detached	88.2%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Soapstone	Talkeetna
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1998	1996