Gateway vs Meadow Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Gateway and Meadow Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadow Lakes has the higher population (8,994 vs 6,716 in Gateway). Gateway has the higher median household income ($137,150 vs $81,250 in Meadow Lakes). Gateway has the higher median home value ($436,200 vs $305,100 in Meadow Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
Population	6,716	8,994
Median age	32.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,150	$81,250
Median home value	$436,200	$305,100
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,308
Housing units	2,112	3,880
Homeownership rate	80.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
Population	7,076 → 6,716 (-5.1%)	8,149 → 8,994 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$105,543 → $137,150 (+29.9%)	$68,750 → $81,250 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$321,100 → $436,200 (+35.8%)	$232,600 → $305,100 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,612 (+44.3%)	$985 → $1,308 (+32.8%)

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

Meadow Lakes

Population

8,1498,994

Median household income

$68,750$81,250

Median home value

$232,600$305,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
Under 5	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	26.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.3%
75 and over	2.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	79.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	5.1%
Asian	2.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	23.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
Drove alone	64.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.6%	10.6%
Other means	4.1%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
1-unit, detached	83.6%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Meadow Lakes
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.6%
Average household size	3.31	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	2003	2000