Meadow Lakes vs North Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Meadow Lakes and North Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Lakes has the higher population (10,583 vs 8,994 in Meadow Lakes). North Lakes has the higher median household income ($102,785 vs $81,250 in Meadow Lakes). North Lakes has the higher median home value ($338,900 vs $305,100 in Meadow Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
Population	8,994	10,583
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$102,785
Median home value	$305,100	$338,900
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,459
Housing units	3,880	3,901
Homeownership rate	78.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
Population	8,149 → 8,994 (+10.4%)	9,321 → 10,583 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $81,250 (+18.2%)	$80,000 → $102,785 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $305,100 (+31.2%)	$268,000 → $338,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,308 (+32.8%)	$1,183 → $1,459 (+23.3%)

Meadow Lakes

Population

8,1498,994

Median household income

$68,750$81,250

Median home value

$232,600$305,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,308

North Lakes

Population

9,32110,583

Median household income

$80,000$102,785

Median home value

$268,000$338,900

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,459

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
Under 5	4.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.9%
75 and over	3.7%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	4.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.6%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
Drove alone	70.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.1%
Other means	5.3%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
1-unit, detached	89.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Lakes	North Lakes
Poverty rate	12.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	2000	1996