Gateway vs Wasilla

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

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

Wasilla has the higher population (9,435 vs 6,716 in Gateway). Gateway has the higher median household income ($137,150 vs $70,756 in Wasilla). Gateway has the higher median home value ($436,200 vs $325,000 in Wasilla).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Wasilla
Population	6,716	9,435
Median age	32.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$137,150	$70,756
Median home value	$436,200	$325,000
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,104
Housing units	2,112	4,299
Homeownership rate	80.3%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Wasilla
Population	7,076 → 6,716 (-5.1%)	10,071 → 9,435 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$105,543 → $137,150 (+29.9%)	$63,587 → $70,756 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$321,100 → $436,200 (+35.8%)	$243,400 → $325,000 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,612 (+44.3%)	$1,083 → $1,104 (+1.9%)

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

Wasilla

Population

10,0719,435

Median household income

$63,587$70,756

Median home value

$243,400$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gateway	Wasilla
Under 5	8.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	26.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	10.6%
75 and over	2.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Wasilla
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	8.2%
Asian	2.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Wasilla
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Wasilla
Drove alone	64.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.3%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.6%	5.9%
Other means	4.1%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Wasilla
1-unit, detached	83.6%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Wasilla
Poverty rate	4.3%	15.1%
Average household size	3.31	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	2003	1993