Sutton-Alpine vs Willow

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

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

Willow has the higher population (1,769 vs 1,361 in Sutton-Alpine). Willow has the higher median household income ($74,669 vs $73,553 in Sutton-Alpine). Willow has the higher median home value ($285,100 vs $213,100 in Sutton-Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
Population	1,361	1,769
Median age	49.2 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,553	$74,669
Median home value	$213,100	$285,100
Median gross rent	$1,023	$1,282
Housing units	511	1,922
Homeownership rate	84.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
Population	1,458 → 1,361 (-6.7%)	1,987 → 1,769 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $73,553 (+49.0%)	$52,768 → $74,669 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $213,100 (+29.5%)	$193,200 → $285,100 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,023 (-5.8%)	$1,135 → $1,282 (+13.0%)

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

Willow

Population

1,9871,769

Median household income

$52,768$74,669

Median home value

$193,200$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
Under 5	2.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	21.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.0%
75 and over	4.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.7%	3.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	54.4%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
Drove alone	65.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.1%
Other means	8.7%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
1-unit, detached	93.5%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Sutton-Alpine	Willow
Poverty rate	3.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	39	60
Median year structure built	1988	1994