Places/AK/Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
County profile

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

United States · GDP 2024
#1805 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,738
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
172
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$85.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,270
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$73.9k±$9.4k
Bachelor's degree+
23.2%±3.7%
Poverty rate
12.7%±3.0%
Business applications
86 · 2025
Retail establishments
32
44.2/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

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
Mining & energy48%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction9%
Health care8%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
7,270
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $68.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+123
International migration+120
Natural change+205

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$581.0M
2019
$662.0M
2020
$864.0M
2021
$905.5M
2022
$922.4M
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$282.0k±$21.2k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$208/mo
Vacancy rate
29.0%±2.6%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
57.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 97Avalanche 94Landslide 87

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.0 km
I-2
Nearest freight rail
208.1 km
ARR
Nearest port
294.5 km
YUTANA BARGE LINES, NENANA DK
Nearest commercial airport
247.2 km
FAIRBANKS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$85.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area?

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 14.4% year over yearfaster than 97% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

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.