Gateway vs Palmer

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

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

Gateway has the higher population (6,716 vs 6,141 in Palmer). Gateway has the higher median household income ($137,150 vs $70,550 in Palmer). Gateway has the higher median home value ($436,200 vs $275,900 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Palmer
Population	6,716	6,141
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,150	$70,550
Median home value	$436,200	$275,900
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,134
Housing units	2,112	2,516
Homeownership rate	80.3%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Palmer
Population	7,076 → 6,716 (-5.1%)	7,131 → 6,141 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$105,543 → $137,150 (+29.9%)	$62,339 → $70,550 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$321,100 → $436,200 (+35.8%)	$207,200 → $275,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,612 (+44.3%)	$976 → $1,134 (+16.2%)

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

Palmer

Population

7,1316,141

Median household income

$62,339$70,550

Median home value

$207,200$275,900

Median gross rent

$976$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gateway	Palmer
Under 5	8.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	26.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	19.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.8%
75 and over	2.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	71.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	8.3%
Asian	2.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.1%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Palmer
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	23.3%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Palmer
Drove alone	64.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.6%	6.2%
Other means	4.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Palmer
1-unit, detached	83.6%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Palmer
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.0%
Average household size	3.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	2003	1989