Eagle vs Fort Greely

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle and Fort Greely: population, income, housing, and more.

Eagle and Fort Greely are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eagle has the higher population (94 vs 85 in Fort Greely). Fort Greely has the higher median household income ($68,194 vs $48,750 in Eagle). Since 2019, Eagle's population has grown faster (+9.3% vs -41.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle	Fort Greely
Population	94	85
Median age	70.8 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$68,194
Median home value	$62,900	—
Median gross rent	$725	$2,215
Housing units	127	103
Homeownership rate	78.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	29.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle	Fort Greely
Population	86 → 94 (+9.3%)	144 → 85 (-41.0%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $48,750 (+25.8%)	$50,000 → $68,194 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $62,900 (-26.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$575 → $725 (+26.1%)	$1,214 → $2,215 (+82.5%)

Eagle

Population

8694

Median household income

$38,750$48,750

Median home value

$85,000$62,900

Median gross rent

$575$725

Fort Greely

Population

14485

Median household income

$50,000$68,194

Median gross rent

$1,214$2,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle	Fort Greely
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	50.6%
25 to 34	4.3%	25.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	37.2%	0.0%
75 and over	22.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle	Fort Greely
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle	Fort Greely
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.0%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle	Fort Greely
Drove alone	34.4%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	12.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle	Fort Greely
1-unit, detached	93.7%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	38.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	43.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle	Fort Greely
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.84	1.44
Mean commute (minutes)	6	7
Median year structure built	1983	2002