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Knik River CDP, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Knik River CDP is a Census CDP of 883 people across 81.72 square miles of land, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Median household income is $109,464, 89.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Knik River
What Knik River is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area81.72 sq mi
- Water area9.96 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land11 plus or minus 2
- 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.
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How many people live in Knik River
- Population883 plus or minus 194
- Median age40.5
- Population under 18178 plus or minus 57
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over147 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over16.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households315 plus or minus 64
- Family households236 plus or minus 49
- Share of households that are families74.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Knik River
- Median household income$109,464 plus or minus $46,357
- Per capita income$47,441
- Civilian labor force478 plus or minus 129
- Employed474 plus or minus 129
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate0.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over623 plus or minus 134
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.1 percent plus or minus 24.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.7 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Knik River
- Housing units359
- Occupied units315 plus or minus 64
- Vacant units44 plus or minus 18
- Vacancy rate12.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied281 plus or minus 60
- Renter occupied34 plus or minus 22
- Ownership rate89.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$304,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,375 plus or minus $823
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Single family units303
- Share single family84.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more4.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes41 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Knik River gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute436 plus or minus 126
- Commuting under 15 minutes58 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more283 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more64.9 percent plus or minus 26.5
- Drove alone72.9 percent
- Carpooled12.1 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home7.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, not Knik River
Matanuska-Susitna Borough context, not Knik River 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 Knik River 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 Knik River. 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
Knik River questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Knik River, Alaska?
883, in 315 households. Knik River CDP covers 81.72 square miles of land, which is 11 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Knik River 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 Knik River?
$109,464. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $304,400. Median gross rent is $1,375 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 Knik River 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 Knik River.
Is zoning published for Knik River?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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