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What are the crime rate and median income in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?
Households here have a median income of $94,031 and the unemployment rate was 3.5% in August 2026. About 112,988 people live in the county.
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Unemployment: BLS August 2026. Road work: October 11, 2026.
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What is the crime rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
We don't show a crime rate for Matanuska-Susitna Borough: only 15% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
The median household in Matanuska-Susitna Borough earns $94,031 a year, close to the Alaska median ($92,788). Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $346,600, and the median rent is $1,299 a month. 9.4% of households received SNAP benefits in the past year (state: 10.1%). The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.5% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 1,839 people out of work and looking.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Alaska | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 112,988 | 735,706 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $94,031 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $346,600 | $352,900 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $1,299 | $1,419 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 5.8% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 10.0% | 10.1% | 12.5% |
| Households receiving SNAP (food stamps) | 9.4% | 10.1% | 12.1% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 24.4% | 31.7% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 77.2% | 66.8% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 36.7 | 35.8 | 38.9 |
| Households with broadband internet | 93.2% | 91.9% | 91.0% |
| People without health insurance | 11.9% | 11.0% | 8.4% |
What natural hazards and environmental sites are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough carries a “Relatively Moderate” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. The hazards rated highest here are earthquakes (Relatively High). The index compares counties with each other and also weighs how vulnerable and resilient a community is, so it is a long-run estimate, not a forecast.
Superfund sites
EPA lists no Superfund site in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, active or completed (October 2026).
Industrial chemical releases
1 facility in the county filed Toxics Release Inventory reports for 2024, together reporting 956 pounds of listed chemicals released on site. Reported releases are legal permitted amounts in most cases.
Disasters, air and water
Matanuska-Susitna Borough was covered by 3 federal major disaster declarations from 2016 through 2025 (Severe Storm 1, Earthquake 1, Flood 1), not counting COVID-19. In 2024, 0 of 359 monitored days had an air quality index of “unhealthy for sensitive groups” or worse (EPA). Of 80 community water systems, 7 had an open health-based drinking-water violation in EPA's records (September 2026). EPA puts the county in radon zone 2 (moderate). NHTSA counted 18 traffic deaths in the county in 2024.
Is there road construction in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
Alaska does not publish an open highway work-zone feed that we can read yet, so road construction in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is not on our map. Check the state's 511 traveler site for current closures.
See today's work zones on the map →
How many schools, nursing homes and parks are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 49 public schools (2024-25) and 0 private schools (2023-24) in federal school lists. 2 nursing homes are certified by Medicare or Medicaid here; star ratings for each are on the map and on Medicare's Care Compare. USGS mapping shows 34 fire or EMS stations and 4 police or sheriff stations. 6 state parks or recreation areas: Denali State Park, Independence Mine State Historical Park, Kepler-Bradley Lakes State Recreation Area, Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area and Nancy Lake State Recreation Area and 1 more.
What tribal lands and sacred sites are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
Census tribal areas that reach into Matanuska-Susitna Borough: Knik ANVSA and Chickaloon ANVSA.
Tribal areas are Census statistical boundaries, shown for reference; they are not legal boundaries.
See them on the map: tribal lands →
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Gun shops
7 gun shops with a public storefront are on the map in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, plus 49 more licensed dealers without a public storefront (not shown). One of them is a pawnshop licensed to sell guns. On the ATF list: Advanced Powder Coating (Wasilla), Alaska Fast Cash (Wasilla), Arctic Ammo And Reloading Supplies LLC (Wasilla), Chimo Guns (Wasilla), Moores Hardware & Building Supply INC (Talkeetna), Sportsmans Warehouse 159 (Wasilla) and Walmart #2074 (Wasilla).
Liquor stores
9 liquor stores are on the map in Matanuska-Susitna Borough: Brown Jug, Brown Jug (Wasilla), Brown Jug Wasilla South (Wasilla), Get N' Go, Knik Kountry Liquor, Knik Kountry Liquor (Wasilla), Knik Kountry Liquor No. 1 (Wasilla), Party Store Liquors and 1 more. Alaska has no complete public liquor licence list we can use, so this count also draws on OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps and may miss some stores or include closed ones.
Planned Parenthood
There is no Planned Parenthood health center in Matanuska-Susitna Borough on the map.
See them on the map: gun shops · liquor stores →
Sources: ATF licensee list (Sept 2026); state liquor licence lists, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (non-official; partial in some states); HHS Title X directory and CMS NPPES.
Common questions
What is the crime rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
We don't show a crime rate for Matanuska-Susitna Borough: only 15% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
$94,031 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024 average), compared with $92,788 for Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the unemployment rate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.5% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 1,839 people out of work and looking.
What natural hazards affect Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough carries a “Relatively Moderate” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. The hazards rated highest here are earthquakes (Relatively High).
How many nursing homes are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
2 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes (CMS provider data, September 2026).
How does Matanuska-Susitna Borough compare with neighboring counties?
| County | Population | Violent crimes per 1,000 (2021-25) | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality | 288,976 | 10.6 | $103,284 |
| Bethel Census Area | 18,394 | 14.3 | $73,996 |
| Chugach Census Area | 6,862 | 1.5 | $90,509 |
| Copper River Census Area | 2,626 | – | $79,250 |
| Denali Borough | 1,969 | – | $80,781 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 60,413 | 3.6 | $80,538 |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7,068 | – | $73,882 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 5,195 | – | $55,741 |
More: Alaska statewide numbers · Sex-offender registry search (U.S. Justice Department, NSOPW)
Where do these numbers come from?
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting 2021-2025 (agency level, Return A), averaged and summed by county by Map the Block; Census population; state and national rates: FBI estimated crimes 2021-2025.
- Income, housing, education: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013 (median household income) and related tables.
- Monthly unemployment: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), county data, not seasonally adjusted. Public domain.
- Hazards: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores; disasters: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
- Superfund: U.S. EPA, Superfund site boundaries and NPL status (October 2026). Dams: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Inventory of Dams (public map service, October 2026). Chemical releases: U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory, reporting year 2024 (basic data file).
- Air and water: U.S. EPA AirData, annual AQI by county 2024; EPA Air Quality Design Values 2023-2025 (June 2026); U.S. EPA SDWIS via ECHO drinking-water download (September 30, 2026). Traffic deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024; Census population.
- Work zones: State departments of transportation, via the U.S. DOT Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) and state 511 feeds; refreshed every morning (snapshot October 11, 2026).
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE public school locations 2024-25; budgets: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE Private School geocodes (Private School Survey 2023-24). Nursing homes: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Provider Information and Penalties (September 2026). Stations: U.S. Geological Survey, National Structures Dataset (Fire Stations/EMS Stations), October 2026 pull.
- Parks: USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US 4.1); state park agencies' open data (CA, NY, PA, TN, TX, FL, NJ, KY, HI, UT, MT and others); OpenStreetMap contributors for some hours, phones, fees and camping; U.S. National Park Service: unit boundaries (Land Resources Division), Acreage Report (Sept 30, 2026), park pages on nps.gov (hours, fees), Visitor Use Statistics (2025).
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