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SheetAK-SUSITNA-NORTH-AK · Susitna North, AK 1,506 pop · income 10th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Susitna North
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Susitna North on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cannelton · lowest
35,900
Cannelton · lowest
35,900 median HH income
26.2% of the leader · rank #1
New Kingman-B… · near
42,604
New Kingman-B… · near
42,604 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #2
Cawood · near
42,604
Cawood · near
42,604 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #3
Mansfield · near
42,605
Mansfield · near
42,605 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #4
Goodman · near
42,610
Goodman · near
42,610 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #5
Susitna North · this city
42,614
Susitna North · this city
42,614 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #6
Belleair Beach · highest
137,045
Belleair Beach · highest
137,045 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Susitna North on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,506.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Susitna North lands in the 10th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
10th
percentile, household income
53rd
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Susitna North, AK
1,506 people live in Susitna North, Alaska - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Susitna North report a median income of $42,614 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.2%. Susitna North's housing stock carries a median value of $238,200, and the median resident age is 44.2 years. About 21.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 50.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Alaska tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 102.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,467 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Alaska run around $271, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 35.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Susitna North's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Susitna North, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Susitna North?
Within Alaska, the closest population matches are Tok (1,490 residents, $44,405 income); Lazy Mountain (1,472 residents, $93,854 income); Cohoe (1,619 residents, $59,000 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Belleair Beach, FL (1,506 residents); Cannelton, IN (1,506 residents); Red Lake, MN (1,506 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Susitna North?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Susitna North?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate D
8.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
21.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
102.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$42,614
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Susitna North profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 47/100 (D) · 8.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 21.8%
Cost of living: 29/100 (F) · 102.4 index
Household income: 10/100 (F) · $42,614
How does Susitna North compare to other US cities?
Susitna North measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income10% higher than other cities
Home value53% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Susitna North against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alaska only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alaska-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Susitna North near the bottom of Alaska's cities
Among the 228 Alaska cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Susitna North ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Susitna North only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#191 of 215
11th percentile in Alaska
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 228
0th percentile in Alaska
Median Home Value
#87 of 200
56th percentile in Alaska
Poverty Rate
#128 of 225
43rd percentile in Alaska
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#89 of 228
61st percentile in Alaska
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alaska only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
10th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Susitna North's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$238,20047th percentilemore affordable than 47% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Susitna North's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,690 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,221 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.6×, Susitna North sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,690 of 15,516 and #10,221 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$42,614Susitna North, AK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Susitna North, AK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Susitna North, AK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,506
Median Income
$42,614
Median Home Value
$238,200
Median Age
44.2
Poverty Rate
8.2%
Labor force participation
50.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
50.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.0%
Work from Home
41.4%
Other
6.2%
Based on 609 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alaska statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $271
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alaska at $271 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alaska statewide averages, not a meter reading for Susitna North. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alaska's BEA cost-of-living index is 102.4 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Susitna North is $1,467/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alaska statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 35.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alaska statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Susitna North sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Susitna North compares to similar-size Alaska cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.