Right Now
Active Weather Alerts
1
Small Craft Advisory (statewide feed)
Population & People
Population
1,613
Median age
40.2
Median household income
$73,015
Poverty rate
18.8%
Unemployment rate
11.9%
Bachelor's degree+
12.3%
Avg. commute
42 min
Hispanic or Latino
3.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Housing & Rent
Median home value
$295,000
Median gross rent
$887/mo
Homeownership rate
70.61%
HUD FMR — 2 bedroom
$1,467
HUD Fair Market Rent (Alaska statewide average across 30 areas — not specific to Houston), 2026. Efficiency $1061, 1BR $1194, 2BR $1467, 3BR $1941, 4BR $2304. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.
Energy
Alaska commercial electricity
22.32¢/kWh
Alaska industrial electricity
20.03¢/kWh
Alaska residential electricity
26.09¢/kWh
Economy
Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
75011.6
Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
57488
All-Transactions House Price Index for Alaska
494.13
Unemployment Rate
4.3%
Source: FRED, Alaska-specific series.
