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 · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 · 2020–2025
7,270
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $68.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+123
International migration+120
Natural change+205
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$581.0M2019
$662.0M2020
$864.0M2021
$905.5M2022
$922.4M2023
$1.1B2024
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 · 2019–2023$85.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe 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 year — faster 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.