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Buffalo Soapstone CDP, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Buffalo Soapstone CDP is a Census CDP of 739 people across 22.13 square miles of land, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Median household income is $68,750, 85.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Buffalo Soapstone
What Buffalo Soapstone is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area22.13 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land33 plus or minus 8
- County holding the largest share of its areaMatanuska-Susitna Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo Soapstone
How many people live in Buffalo Soapstone
- Population739 plus or minus 173
- Median age54.1
- Population under 18120 plus or minus 48
- Share under 1816.2 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over178 plus or minus 53
- Share 65 and over24.1 percent
- Households318
- Family households233 plus or minus 59
- Share of households that are families73.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Buffalo Soapstone
- Median household income$68,750 plus or minus $23,813
- Per capita income$38,095
- Civilian labor force335 plus or minus 92
- Employed305 plus or minus 89
- Unemployed30 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate9.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over580
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.2 percent plus or minus 24.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.7 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.6 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Buffalo Soapstone
- Housing units414
- Occupied units318
- Vacant units96 plus or minus 36
- Vacancy rate23.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Owner occupied271
- Renter occupied47 plus or minus 26
- Ownership rate85.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$289,300 plus or minus $83,242
- Median gross rent, monthly$791 plus or minus $556
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.8 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Single family units368
- Share single family88.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more1.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Mobile homes41 plus or minus 32
- Median year structure built1997
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Buffalo Soapstone gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute239 plus or minus 79
- Commuting under 15 minutes64 plus or minus 54
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.8 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more71 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.7 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Drove alone72.1 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home20.6 percent plus or minus 12.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, not Buffalo Soapstone
Matanuska-Susitna Borough context, not Buffalo Soapstone figures
These are Matanuska-Susitna Borough figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buffalo Soapstone measurements.
- Establishments in Matanuska-Susitna Borough2,822
- Employment at those establishments, Matanuska-Susitna Borough23,971
- Covered employment, Matanuska-Susitna Borough29,515
- Average annual pay, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$58,329
- Average weekly wage, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$1,122
- Housing units permitted, Matanuska-Susitna Borough85
- Of those, single family, Matanuska-Susitna Borough37
- County product, 2024, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$4,465,288,000
- County product change over the prior year, Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$76,065
Every figure in this section is published for Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Buffalo Soapstone. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Buffalo Soapstone questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska?
739, in 318 households. Buffalo Soapstone CDP covers 22.13 square miles of land, which is 33 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buffalo Soapstone in?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Buffalo Soapstone?
$68,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $289,300. Median gross rent is $791 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Buffalo Soapstone figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buffalo Soapstone.
Is zoning published for Buffalo Soapstone?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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