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South Lakes CDP, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
South Lakes CDP is a Census CDP of 6,180 people across 7.80 square miles of land, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Median household income is $98,141, 71.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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South Lakes
What South Lakes is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.8 sq mi
- Water area0.48 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land792
- 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.
South Lakes
How many people live in South Lakes
- Population6,180
- Median age34.2
- Population under 181,521
- Share under 1824.6 percent
- Population 65 and over728
- Share 65 and over11.8 percent
- Households2,108
- Family households1,525
- Share of households that are families72.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in South Lakes
- Median household income$98,141
- Per capita income$43,375
- Civilian labor force2,978
- Employed2,822
- Unemployed156 plus or minus 58
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over3,908
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in South Lakes
- Housing units2,302
- Occupied units2,108
- Vacant units194 plus or minus 73
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied1,497
- Renter occupied611 plus or minus 143
- Ownership rate71.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$377,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,178
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent
- Single family units1,690
- Share single family73.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more569 plus or minus 153
- Share in buildings of two or more24.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes43 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1990
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How South Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,683
- Commuting under 15 minutes813 plus or minus 220
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.3 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,015 plus or minus 213
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.8 percent
- Drove alone77.0 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home7.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, not South Lakes
Matanuska-Susitna Borough context, not South Lakes 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 South Lakes 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 South Lakes. 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
South Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in South Lakes, Alaska?
6,180, in 2,108 households. South Lakes CDP covers 7.80 square miles of land, which is 792 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is South Lakes 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 South Lakes?
$98,141. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $377,500. Median gross rent is $1,178 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 South Lakes 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 South Lakes.
Is zoning published for South Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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