City safety & data profile
CollegeAK
College, AK is a 13K-resident city in Fairbanks North Star Borough with a median household income of $83,895.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for College, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. College has a population larger than 17% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $297,500.
Data updated 2026-08-21
- 13K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 18%
- By size
- $83,895
- Median income (place)
- $297,500
- Median home (place)
- 6.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on College
College posts a median household income higher than 54% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Top 46%
- by median income, US cities
Where College income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$83,895 Top 46% higher than 54% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading College, AK beyond the headline numbers
College sits inside Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, at roughly 64.86°N, -147.80°W. Population 12,964, $83,895 median household income. Median home value $297,500, median rent $1,454. Poverty rate 6.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
Hardship is low by national standards: 6.5% of College, AK residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
The median home in College costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Only 4.9% of College workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Among the CDC measures on this page, diabetes departs furthest from its peer median: 8.4% in College, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,711 cities reporting that measure.
College's median age is 32.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for College from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Fairbanks North Star Borough): College's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 6.5% -48% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 39.9% |
| Work From Home | 4.9% |
| Public Transit | 1.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Alerts & News - College Area
No area-tagged alerts are on record for College right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
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Safety Context
College, AK is located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. With a population of 13K and a $83,895 median household income, the community faces health challenges including short sleep duration and obesity. Safety alerts for the College area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - Alaska
Real-time AQI for every monitored Alaska location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for College, both outside Alaska so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AK (6.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AK ($83,895 here).
Nearby Cities 8
Using College's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the College area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare College against Alaska peers on any ranking lens. Explore Alaska
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Fairbanks North Star Borough) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.