Susitna North vs Sutton-Alpine

A side-by-side comparison of Susitna North and Sutton-Alpine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Susitna North has the higher population (1,506 vs 1,361 in Sutton-Alpine). Sutton-Alpine has the higher median household income ($73,553 vs $42,614 in Susitna North). Susitna North has the higher median home value ($238,200 vs $213,100 in Sutton-Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
Population	1,506	1,361
Median age	44.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,614	$73,553
Median home value	$238,200	$213,100
Median gross rent	$862	$1,023
Housing units	1,527	511
Homeownership rate	78.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
Population	1,071 → 1,506 (+40.6%)	1,458 → 1,361 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$48,824 → $42,614 (-12.7%)	$49,375 → $73,553 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$186,600 → $238,200 (+27.7%)	$164,500 → $213,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $862 (-13.0%)	$1,086 → $1,023 (-5.8%)

Susitna North

Population

1,0711,506

Median household income

$48,824$42,614

Median home value

$186,600$238,200

Median gross rent

$991$862

Sutton-Alpine

Population

1,4581,361

Median household income

$49,375$73,553

Median home value

$164,500$213,100

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
Under 5	5.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	21.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.9%
75 and over	3.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	15.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	8.3%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
Drove alone	50.4%	65.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.4%	7.1%
Other means	3.3%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
1-unit, detached	98.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Susitna North	Sutton-Alpine
Poverty rate	15.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	2001	1988