County profile
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#759 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,971
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,822
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
118,666
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$94.0k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
24.4%±1.0%
Poverty rate
10.0%±0.8%
Business applications
1,699 · 2025
Retail establishments
276
23.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Home Solutions Health Inc.Basic Materials———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care30%
Retail trade23%
Construction18%
Food & accommodation17%
Other services7%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
118,666
residents · 2025 · +10.4% since 2020
Income per capita $64.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,544
International migration+263
Natural change+2,398
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.4B2021
$3.7B2022
$4.2B2023
$4.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$346.6k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
22.1%±0.7%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
$23.3M
79 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 100Earthquake 99Landslide 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1502016
1552017
1552018
1602019
1662020
1812021
2082022
2242023
2362024
2492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 58% since 2021502021
582022
1582023
852024
792025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.8 km
I-3
Nearest freight rail
26.4 km
ARR
Nearest port
118.0 km
MATANUSKA - SUSITNA BOROUGH, PORT MACKENZIE WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
123.5 km
MERRILL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough's economy produced $4.5B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.