Housing density: 280 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $162,291.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,194 (lower quartile is $982, upper quartile is $1,502)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $597
Median gross rent in College, AK in 2022: $1,348
Housing units in College with a mortgage: 1,530 (45 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 27
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $110,568
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $96,814
Size of family households: 1,465 2-persons, 479 3-persons, 392 4-persons, 230 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,936 1-person, 297 2-persons, 57 3-persons.
1,856 married couples with children.
507 single-parent households (236 men, 271 women).
84.0% of residents of College speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
3.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 1,195 (9.8%)
(28.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.2% Number of people working at home: 180 (3.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 372
5 to 9 minutes: 625
10 to 14 minutes: 983
15 to 19 minutes: 1,793
20 to 24 minutes: 877
25 to 29 minutes: 245
30 to 34 minutes: 145
35 to 39 minutes: 8
40 to 44 minutes: 210
45 to 59 minutes: 132
60 to 89 minutes: 37
90 or more minutes: 34
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 4,187 (65.8%)
Carpooled: 755 (11.9%)
Bus: 148 (2.3%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 15 (0.2%)
Taxi: 93 (1.5%)
Bicycle: 102 (1.6%)
Walked: 577 (9.1%)
Worked at home: 357 (5.6%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.4%Males
1.8%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
7.1%Males
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
3.3%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
1.1%Males
1.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in College, Alaska
6042010 or later
1862000 to 2009
1521990 to 1999
991980 to 1989
1321970 to 1979
95Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 656 (11.4%)
German: 465 (8.1%)
European: 342 (5.9%)
English: 284 (4.9%)
Irish: 256 (4.4%)
Polish: 173 (3.0%)
Scandinavian: 148 (2.6%)
Norwegian: 115 (2.0%)
Italian: 92 (1.6%)
Romanian: 83 (1.4%)
Scottish: 53 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (0.8%)
Dutch: 45 (0.8%)
Slovene: 41 (0.7%)
French: 38 (0.7%)
Swedish: 31 (0.5%)
Australian: 29 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.5%)
Austrian: 27 (0.5%)
Finnish: 23 (0.4%)
British: 22 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.4%)
Northern European: 22 (0.4%)
Russian: 21 (0.4%)
Belgian: 19 (0.3%)
Icelander: 19 (0.3%)
Danish: 18 (0.3%)
Albanian: 16 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 15 (0.3%)
Croatian: 11 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.2%)
African: 2 (0.03%)
Iranian: 1 (0.02%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 1 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Moldova
College:
16.7% (182)
Alaska:
0.6% (368)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
College:
11.7% (128)
Alaska:
2.2% (1,300)
Vietnam
College:
11.5% (126)
Alaska:
1.5% (868)
Germany
College:
9.9% (108)
Alaska:
2.4% (1,382)
Japan
College:
7.0% (76)
Alaska:
1.6% (910)
Canada
College:
6.4% (70)
Alaska:
5.0% (2,924)
Brazil
College:
5.4% (59)
Alaska:
0.9% (512)
Colombia
College:
5.4% (59)
Alaska:
1.0% (599)
Dominican Republic
College:
5.1% (56)
Alaska:
1.4% (840)
Korea
College:
3.7% (40)
Alaska:
5.8% (3,384)
Australia
College:
2.7% (29)
Alaska:
0.5% (299)
Mexico
College:
2.2% (24)
Alaska:
6.6% (3,837)
Russia
College:
2.1% (23)
Alaska:
1.5% (863)
England
College:
1.6% (18)
Alaska:
0.6% (376)
Belgium
College:
1.6% (17)
Alaska:
0.1% (33)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 4,577
Other state: 5,674
Northeast: 704
Midwest: 1,111
South: 1,249
West: 2,659
77.4% of College residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 35.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 24.0% lived in Alaska.
College:
77.4%
State average:
84.8%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 56
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 51
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 24
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 122
High school graduate (or equivalency): 517
Less than 1 year of college: 252
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,347
Associate degree: 262
Bachelor's degree: 889
Master's degree: 253
Professional school degree: 244
Doctorate degree: 214
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 66
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 13
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 43
12th grade, no diploma: 108
High school graduate (or equivalency): 958
Less than 1 year of college: 179
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 512
Associate degree: 316
Bachelor's degree: 1,005
Master's degree: 550
Professional school degree: 67
Doctorate degree: 67
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 2,886
One, attached: 490
Two: 376
3 or 4: 297
5 to 9: 452
10 to 19: 369
20 to 49: 136
50 or more: 80
Mobile homes: 137
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,926
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 4.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 4.5%
House/condo owner moved in on average 13 years ago