Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety21#734/924
Economy92#71/925
Housing41#546/925
Health70#275/925
Healthcare61#362/923
Environment—
Education87#117/925
Infrastructure93#64/925
Community42#537/925
Leisure & amenities76#220/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fairbanks-College, AK metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Dentists · high142 /100k
100/100Alaska 106 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · low6.1%
99/100Alaska 10.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Child poverty rate · low5.2%
99/100Alaska 12.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Distance to an airport · low9 mi
99/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high877 /100k
98/100Alaska 802 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · low15.4%
97/100Alaska 16.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high185.5 mi
0/100Alaska 46.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high1,398 mi
0/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.3 /10k
1/100Alaska 0.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · high30.6 /100k
3/100Alaska 26.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · high5.5%
4/100Alaska 1.1%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New homes permitted · low0.3 /1k
6/100Alaska 1.1 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
47.1% (2010 & 2021) → 74.0% (2022 & 2024)
+27 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.1% (2020 & 2021) → 36.2% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsWorsening
22.2 /1k (2020) → 12.5 /1k (2025)
−44%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
38.0% (2019) → 30.0% (2023)
−8 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
PharmaciesWorsening
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.3 /10k (2025)
−39%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Premature deathWorsening
6,865 /100k (2018-2020) → 9,204 /100k (2021-2023)
+34%3 yearsUS 7,282 /100k → 8,123 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fairbanks-College, AK metro area improved on 11 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 9 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Grocery stores+22%1.0 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Gyms+32%1.0 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Child poverty−5 points10.2% → 5.2%
Restaurants+7.6%8.7 /10k → 9.4 /10k
Poverty−1.9 points8.0% → 6.1%

Declined7

Overdose deaths+121%10.5 /100k → 23.2 /100k
Homicides+88%4.0 /100k → 7.5 /100k
New businesses−44%22.2 /1k → 12.5 /1k
Firearm deaths+72%17.8 /100k → 30.6 /100k
Pharmacies−39%0.5 /10k → 0.3 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Fairbanks-College, AK metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.4 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+4%	Little change	38%
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	19.2 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Average weekly wage	$1,1142020	$1,3902025	+25%	Improved	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%2015-2019	33.1%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	85.8%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Improved	13%
Child poverty rate	10.2%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	−5 points	Improved	77%
Distance to an airport	9 mi2020	9 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.5 /100k2020	23.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+121%	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	1.13%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Firearm deaths	17.8 /100k2020	30.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+72%	Declined	5%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	90%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+32%	Improved	81%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	74%
Homicide rate	4.0 /100k2020	7.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+88%	Declined	2%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,5952019	$72,8542024	+29%	Improved	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.4122020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$76,9922015-2019	$88,2672020-2024	+15%	Improved	4%
New business applications	22.2 /1k2020	12.5 /1k2025	−44%	Declined	0%
Pharmacies	0.5 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−39%	Declined	4%
Poverty rate	8.0%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Improved	70%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+2.6%	Little change	78%
Public transit commuters	0.9%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	45.3%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Restaurants and bars	8.7 /10k2020	9.4 /10k2025	+7.6%	Improved	73%
Suicide rate	18.9 /100k2020	26.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+40%	Declined	11%
Traffic deaths	8.9 /100k2015-2019	8.4 /100k2020-2024	−5.5%	Improved	72%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	4.1%2025	−2.6 points	Improved	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.9%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Fairbanks-College, AK metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fairbanks-College, AK metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fairbanks-College, AK metro area itself moved −6.5 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

95,460 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+1.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

95,460 residents

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

White67%63,757
Black3.9%3,711
Hispanic or Latino8.5%8,067

Education

61,502 residents (±143)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

No high school diploma5.3%3,231
High school or GED27%16,358
Some college24%14,852

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

36,359 households (±1,066)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Under $25k9.3%3,376
$25k–50k14%5,193
$50k–75k17%6,293
$75k–100k16%5,639
$100k–150k19%7,035
$150k–200k12%4,241
$200k or more13%4,582

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

36,359 households (±1,066)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Own62%22,424
Rent38%13,935

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

13,157 households (±990)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Under $75010%1,336
$750–1,00010%1,330
$1,000–1,50033%4,349

Home values

22,424 homes (±737)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Under $150k15%3,467
$150k–250k21%4,733
$250k–400k38%8,447

Age of homes

42,680 homes (±799)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

2010 or later8.9%3,791
2000–200916%6,631
1980–199937%15,950

Size of homes

42,680 homes (±799)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Studio8.1%3,437
1 bedroom16%6,799
2 bedrooms27%11,508

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

48,185 workers (±1,323)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Drive alone71%34,452
Carpool12%5,955
Public transit0.7%†315
Walk5.7%†2,737
Bike1.4%†673
Work from home6.6%3,157
Other1.9%896

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+2.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

45,028 workers (±1,356)

Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
United States share

Under 15 min38%16,968
15–29 min45%20,217
30–44 min12%5,455

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Fairbanks-College, AK employ 6,830 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Fairbanks-College, AK by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons1,040 jobs	1,040	$37,550US $35,410	+6%	1.14×
Stockers and Order Fillers840 jobs	840	$40,850US $37,330	+9%	1.27×
Fast Food and Counter Workers800 jobs	800	$30,170US $31,200	−3%	0.89×
Cashiers670 jobs	670	$37,340US $32,880	+14%	0.92×
General and Operations Managers630 jobs	630	$114,990US $105,770	+9%	0.77×
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive630 jobs	630	$47,860US $47,540	+1%	1.58×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides590 jobs	590	$42,550US $35,800	+19%	0.59×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers590 jobs	590	$76,560US $58,640	+31%	1.21×
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers540 jobs	540	$73,620US $69,500	+6%	1.59×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners500 jobs	500	$43,420US $36,840	+18%	0.97×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Fairbanks-College, AK.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Fairbanks-College, AK has 2,576 employer establishments, 269 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248), with 26,009 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,420. The Census Bureau also counts 6,898 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,576; 6,898 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 269; US 248
Paid employees: 26,009
Average annual pay: $65,420; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fairbanks-College, AK by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	213	22.3	1.07×About typical	1,780	$90,368	248
Specialty trade contractors	205	21.4	1.38×More than typical	1,054	$106,404	291
Restaurants and other eating places	168	17.6	0.96×About typical	2,612	$24,564	43
Lessors of real estate	158	16.5	1.34×More than typical	417	$74,285	678
Construction of buildings	108	11.3	1.49×More than typical	591	$79,036	173
Offices of other health practitioners	87	9.1	1.50×More than typical	377	$62,509	155
Building equipment contractors	79	8.3	1.37×More than typical	583	$111,453	52
Services to buildings and dwellings	75	7.8	1.16×About typical	268	$41,582	365
Full-service restaurants	70	7.3	0.95×About typical	923	$33,795	12
Real estate agents and brokers	69	7.2	1.48×More than typical	69	$63,783	120
Truck transportation	68	7.1	1.40×More than typical	743	$81,498	120
Automotive repair and maintenance	61	6.4	1.27×More than typical	402	$57,321	74

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 95,718 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $386.9M on contracts performed in Fairbanks-College, AK metro area: $4,117 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $386.9M; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,117; US $2,007
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.5%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$127.8M33%
Department of the Air Force$87M22%
Defense Logistics Agency$57.8M15%
Departmental Offices$33.3M8.6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$19M4.9%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$11.5M3.0%
Federal Highway Administration$9.6M2.5%
Defense Health Agency$9.5M2.5%

Top recipients

DOYON UTILITIES, LLC$54.3M14%
USIBELLI COAL MINE, INC.$38.3M9.9%
BAUER FOUNDATION CORP$24.5M6.3%
TDX INTERNATIONAL, LLC$21.8M5.6%
CHENEGA BASE & LOGISTICS SERVICES LLC$21.1M5.5%

Spending by fiscal year

471.4MFY2017
681.1MFY2018
440.8MFY2019
529.5MFY2020
474.1MFY2021
567.6MFY2022
655.8MFY2023
611.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$54.3M14%
Facilities support services · 5612$39.1M10%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$39M10%
Coal mining · 2121$38.3M9.9%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$27.8M7.2%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$27.7M

Largest awards

UTILITY SERVICE CONTRACT FOR UTILITY PRIVATIZATION$905.6M
DOYON UTILITIES, LLC· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Facilities & utilities· Oct 5, 2016 – Jun 11, 2026· SP060007C8263
MOOSE CREEK DAM MODIFICATION$100.7M
BAUER FOUNDATION CORP· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Aug 23, 2021 – Feb 11, 2026· W911KB21C0030
FTW453 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER, FT WAINWRIGHT ALASKA$55.8M
WATTERSON CONSTRUCTION CO· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Feb 8, 2024 – Mar 30, 2026· W911KB24C0008
FAIRBANKS COMMAND AND DATA ACQUISITION STATION (FCDAS) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $787.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Fairbanks-College, AK metro area: $8,376 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $787.1M; −4.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,376; US $12,975
Loan face value: $73.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$246.7M31%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$130.5M17%
10.752 · Rural Econnectivity Pilot Program$65.3M8.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$45.4M5.8%
47.050 · Geosciences$27.8M3.5%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$26.2M3.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$23.1M2.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.9M2.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

DENA NENA HENASH$100.4M13%
FAIRBANKS, AK
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES$93.9M12%
JUNEAU, AK
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$80.6M10%
FAIRBANKS, AK
GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.$14.6M1.8%
RESTON, VA
INTERIOR REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$299.3M38%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$143.3M18%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$79.6M10%
Department of Transportation
Rural Utilities Service$65.3M8.3%
Department of Agriculture
National Science Foundation$55.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

682.7MFY2021
634.7MFY2022
718.2MFY2023
678MFY2024
827.7MFY2025
787.1MFY2026

County aggregates

56%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Fairbanks-College, AK

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Fairbanks North Star BoroughCentral county7193,972

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Alaska

Areas based in Alaska, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Fairbanks-College, AK metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

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Improved11

Declined7

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