Kusilvak Census Area vs Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

A side-by-side comparison of Kusilvak Census Area and Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: population, income, housing, and more.

Kusilvak Census Area and Southeast Fairbanks Census Area are counties in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kusilvak Census Area has the higher population (8,277 vs 6,936 in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area). Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has the higher median household income ($74,223 vs $48,233 in Kusilvak Census Area). Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has the higher median home value ($262,800 vs $72,700 in Kusilvak Census Area).

Population, income & housing

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Population	8,277	6,936
Median age	23.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,233	$74,223
Median home value	$72,700	$262,800
Median gross rent	$832	$1,304
Housing units	2,341	3,520
Homeownership rate	69.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Population	8,250 → 8,277 (+0.3%)	6,878 → 6,936 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$36,754 → $48,233 (+31.2%)	$70,056 → $74,223 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $72,700 (+1.7%)	$170,900 → $262,800 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $832 (+31.6%)	$1,042 → $1,304 (+25.1%)

Kusilvak Census Area

Population

8,2508,277

Median household income

$36,754$48,233

Median home value

$71,500$72,700

Median gross rent

$632$832

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Population

6,8786,936

Median household income

$70,056$74,223

Median home value

$170,900$262,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Under 5	13.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	28.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	10.6%
75 and over	1.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	72.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.4%	12.1%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
No high school diploma	19.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	52.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Drove alone	4.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	44.5%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.4%
Other means	43.1%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
1-unit, detached	90.6%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Kusilvak Census Area	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Poverty rate	31.2%	13.3%
Average household size	4.23	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	6	15
Median year structure built	1988	1988