Meadow Lakes vs Tanaina

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

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

Tanaina has the higher population (9,738 vs 8,994 in Meadow Lakes). Tanaina has the higher median household income ($95,587 vs $81,250 in Meadow Lakes). Meadow Lakes has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $298,500 in Tanaina).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
Population	8,994	9,738
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$95,587
Median home value	$305,100	$298,500
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,393
Housing units	3,880	3,609
Homeownership rate	78.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
Population	8,149 → 8,994 (+10.4%)	10,464 → 9,738 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $81,250 (+18.2%)	$77,140 → $95,587 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $305,100 (+31.2%)	$257,100 → $298,500 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,308 (+32.8%)	$1,200 → $1,393 (+16.1%)

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

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)

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
Under 5	4.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.0%
75 and over	3.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	4.9%
Asian	2.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.6%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
Drove alone	70.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.2%
Other means	5.3%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
1-unit, detached	89.1%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Lakes	Tanaina
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	2000	1996