Meadow Lakes vs Palmer

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

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

Meadow Lakes has the higher population (8,994 vs 6,141 in Palmer). Meadow Lakes has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $70,550 in Palmer). Meadow Lakes has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $275,900 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
Population	8,994	6,141
Median age	37.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$70,550
Median home value	$305,100	$275,900
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,134
Housing units	3,880	2,516
Homeownership rate	78.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
Population	8,149 → 8,994 (+10.4%)	7,131 → 6,141 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $81,250 (+18.2%)	$62,339 → $70,550 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $305,100 (+31.2%)	$207,200 → $275,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,308 (+32.8%)	$976 → $1,134 (+16.2%)

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

Palmer

Population

7,1316,141

Median household income

$62,339$70,550

Median home value

$207,200$275,900

Median gross rent

$976$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
Under 5	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.8%
75 and over	3.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	8.3%
Asian	2.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.9%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.6%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
Drove alone	70.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.2%
Other means	5.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
1-unit, detached	89.1%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Lakes	Palmer
Poverty rate	12.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	2000	1989