Owner-occupied housing units
Census · B25077 ↗city · Alaska
Fairbanks, AK
Housing, schools and community. Start with the figures, then follow the evidence.
Census figures: ACS 2020–2024 · Estimates, not current listings · 90% margins shown
Renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent
Census · B25064 ↗Households
Census · B19013 ↗Total population
Census · B01003 ↗See smaller areas around Fairbanks
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Local statistics near Fairbanks →Community · ACS 2020–2024
Census population groups ↗Who lives here
Hispanic or Latino includes any race. All other groups below are non-Hispanic, so these eight groups do not overlap. These are estimates, not measures of belonging or a place’s quality.
White55.0%± 2.6 pp
Black or African American8.3%± 1.9 pp
Hispanic or Latino11.3%± 1.8 pp
Asian4.2%± 1.1 pp
American Indian or Alaska Native8.4%± 1.6 pp
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0.9%± 0.6 pp
Two or more races10.8%± 1.8 pp
Another race1.1%± 0.8 pp
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Margins are 90% confidence estimates in percentage points. Language measures cover people age 5 and over; household and housing measures have their own denominators. See each metric definition.
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Reported crime
Reported violent crime8.4per 1,000 reporting-area residents
Reported property crime29.9per 1,000 reporting-area residents
2025 city report · 12 reported months · reporting population 31,565. The police reporting area may differ from the Census place. Reported crime does not describe all harms or produce an overall safety score.
FBI Crime Data Explorer · Table 8 ↗Public libraries nearby
Up to 12 recorded library buildings within 5 straight-line miles of Fairbanks’s Census place point. Check current hours before visiting. The center point is a reference for distance, not a home address.
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR PUBLIC LIBRARY
1215 COWLES STREET
FAIRBANKS, AK 99701
Annual public-use survey; excludes reported temporary closures, bookmobiles and coarse location matches. Coordinates may be approximate. Postal addresses do not establish city or neighborhood membership.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey ↗ Original reporting
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Jim McDermott, a Libertarian from Fairbanks, makes top four for Alaska’s U.S. House race ↗
By James Brooks
Feed checked 9/7/2026, 8:19:16 PM UTC
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