Gateway vs Knik-Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Gateway and Knik-Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

Gateway and Knik-Fairview are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Knik-Fairview has the higher population (18,921 vs 6,716 in Gateway). Gateway has the higher median household income ($137,150 vs $95,000 in Knik-Fairview). Gateway has the higher median home value ($436,200 vs $311,800 in Knik-Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
Population	6,716	18,921
Median age	32.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$137,150	$95,000
Median home value	$436,200	$311,800
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,615
Housing units	2,112	7,457
Homeownership rate	80.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
Population	7,076 → 6,716 (-5.1%)	17,457 → 18,921 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$105,543 → $137,150 (+29.9%)	$87,331 → $95,000 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$321,100 → $436,200 (+35.8%)	$243,200 → $311,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,612 (+44.3%)	$1,387 → $1,615 (+16.4%)

Gateway

Population

7,0766,716

Median household income

$105,543$137,150

Median home value

$321,100$436,200

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,612

Knik-Fairview

Population

17,45718,921

Median household income

$87,331$95,000

Median home value

$243,200$311,800

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
Under 5	8.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	26.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.7%
75 and over	2.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	74.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	6.4%
Asian	2.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.1%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
Drove alone	64.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	8.6%
Other means	4.1%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
1-unit, detached	83.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Knik-Fairview
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.2%
Average household size	3.31	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	35	40
Median year structure built	2003	2003