Houston vs Sutton-Alpine

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Sutton-Alpine: population, income, housing, and more.

Houston and Sutton-Alpine 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 1,361 in Sutton-Alpine). Sutton-Alpine has the higher median household income ($73,553 vs $60,865 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $213,100 in Sutton-Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
Population	1,693	1,361
Median age	42.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,865	$73,553
Median home value	$235,900	$213,100
Median gross rent	$831	$1,023
Housing units	1,004	511
Homeownership rate	70.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
Population	1,977 → 1,693 (-14.4%)	1,458 → 1,361 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$52,955 → $60,865 (+14.9%)	$49,375 → $73,553 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$163,900 → $235,900 (+43.9%)	$164,500 → $213,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $831 (-14.4%)	$1,086 → $1,023 (-5.8%)

Houston

Population

1,9771,693

Median household income

$52,955$60,865

Median home value

$163,900$235,900

Median gross rent

$971$831

Sutton-Alpine

Population

1,4581,361

Median household income

$49,375$73,553

Median home value

$164,500$213,100

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
Under 5	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	17.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	21.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.9%
75 and over	4.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	15.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	11.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
No high school diploma	9.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
Drove alone	69.7%	65.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.1%
Other means	9.3%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
1-unit, detached	82.6%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Sutton-Alpine
Poverty rate	18.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	54	39
Median year structure built	1992	1988