Knik-Fairview vs Tanaina

A side-by-side comparison of Knik-Fairview and Tanaina: population, income, housing, and more.

Knik-Fairview and Tanaina are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Knik-Fairview has the higher population (18,921 vs 9,738 in Tanaina). Tanaina has the higher median household income ($95,587 vs $95,000 in Knik-Fairview). Knik-Fairview has the higher median home value ($311,800 vs $298,500 in Tanaina).

Population, income & housing

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
Population	18,921	9,738
Median age	33.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$95,587
Median home value	$311,800	$298,500
Median gross rent	$1,615	$1,393
Housing units	7,457	3,609
Homeownership rate	82.5%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
Population	17,457 → 18,921 (+8.4%)	10,464 → 9,738 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$87,331 → $95,000 (+8.8%)	$77,140 → $95,587 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $311,800 (+28.2%)	$257,100 → $298,500 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,387 → $1,615 (+16.4%)	$1,200 → $1,393 (+16.1%)

Knik-Fairview

Population

17,45718,921

Median household income

$87,331$95,000

Median home value

$243,200$311,800

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,615

Tanaina

Population

10,4649,738

Median household income

$77,140$95,587

Median home value

$257,100$298,500

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
Under 5	8.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.0%
75 and over	3.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	4.9%
Asian	2.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	10.5%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
Drove alone	73.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.2%
Other means	6.3%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
1-unit, detached	84.9%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Knik-Fairview	Tanaina
Poverty rate	10.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	40	34
Median year structure built	2003	1996