Knik-Fairview vs Wasilla

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

Knik-Fairview and Wasilla 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 9,435 in Wasilla). Knik-Fairview has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $70,756 in Wasilla). Wasilla has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $311,800 in Knik-Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
Population	18,921	9,435
Median age	33.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$70,756
Median home value	$311,800	$325,000
Median gross rent	$1,615	$1,104
Housing units	7,457	4,299
Homeownership rate	82.5%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
Population	17,457 → 18,921 (+8.4%)	10,071 → 9,435 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$87,331 → $95,000 (+8.8%)	$63,587 → $70,756 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $311,800 (+28.2%)	$243,400 → $325,000 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,387 → $1,615 (+16.4%)	$1,083 → $1,104 (+1.9%)

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

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)

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
Under 5	8.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.6%
75 and over	3.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	8.2%
Asian	2.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
Drove alone	73.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.9%
Other means	6.3%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
1-unit, detached	84.9%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Knik-Fairview	Wasilla
Poverty rate	10.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	40	30
Median year structure built	2003	1993