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Willow CDP, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Willow CDP is a Census CDP of 1,815 people across 690.40 square miles of land, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Median household income is $89,000, 94.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $300,000.
66 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Willow
What Willow is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area690.4 sq mi
- Water area8.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3
- 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.
Willow
How many people live in Willow
- Population1,815
- Median age45.9
- Population under 18455 plus or minus 131
- Share under 1825.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over379 plus or minus 87
- Share 65 and over20.9 percent
- Households786
- Family households460 plus or minus 97
- Share of households that are families58.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Willow
- Median household income$89,000
- Per capita income$48,621 plus or minus $11,728
- Civilian labor force748 plus or minus 164
- Employed699 plus or minus 152
- Unemployed49 plus or minus 39
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over1,323
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Willow
- Housing units1,965
- Occupied units786
- Vacant units1,179
- Vacancy rate60.0 percent
- Owner occupied743
- Renter occupied43 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate94.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$313,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,375 plus or minus $278
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units1,939
- Share single family98.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more20 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more1.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Willow gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute543 plus or minus 115
- Commuting under 15 minutes52 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more406 plus or minus 103
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more74.8 percent
- Drove alone62.9 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home18.8 percent plus or minus 9.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Willow
SBA loans in Willow (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$300,000
- Average approval$150,000
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval3.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, not Willow
Matanuska-Susitna Borough context, not Willow 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 Willow 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 Willow. 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.
- 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
Willow questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Willow, Alaska?
1,815, in 786 households. Willow CDP covers 690.40 square miles of land, which is 3 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Willow 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 Willow?
$89,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $313,800. Median gross rent is $1,375 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Willow businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $300,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $250,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Willow, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Willow borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Willow. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Willow 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 Willow.
Is zoning published for Willow?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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