Houston vs Susitna North

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Susitna North: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston has the higher population (1,693 vs 1,506 in Susitna North). Houston has the higher median household income ($60,865 vs $42,614 in Susitna North). Susitna North has the higher median home value ($238,200 vs $235,900 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Susitna North
Population	1,693	1,506
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,865	$42,614
Median home value	$235,900	$238,200
Median gross rent	$831	$862
Housing units	1,004	1,527
Homeownership rate	70.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Susitna North
Population	1,977 → 1,693 (-14.4%)	1,071 → 1,506 (+40.6%)
Median household income	$52,955 → $60,865 (+14.9%)	$48,824 → $42,614 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$163,900 → $235,900 (+43.9%)	$186,600 → $238,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $831 (-14.4%)	$991 → $862 (-13.0%)

Houston

Population

1,9771,693

Median household income

$52,955$60,865

Median home value

$163,900$235,900

Median gross rent

$971$831

Susitna North

Population

1,0711,506

Median household income

$48,824$42,614

Median home value

$186,600$238,200

Median gross rent

$991$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Susitna North
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.7%
75 and over	4.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Susitna North
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Susitna North
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	46.8%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Susitna North
Drove alone	69.7%	50.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	41.4%
Other means	9.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Susitna North
1-unit, detached	82.6%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Susitna North
Poverty rate	18.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	54	31
Median year structure built	1992	2001