Moving to Wasilla, Alaska

About Wasilla, Alaska
Wasilla

Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 398,328 in 2020.

Established at the intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Old Carle Wagon Road, the city prospered at the expense of the nearby mining town of Knik. Historically entrepreneurial, the economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-scale agriculture and recreation to support for workers employed in Anchorage or on Alaska's North Slope oilfields and related infrastructure. The George Parks Highway turned the town into a commuter suburb of Anchorage. The headquarters of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a popular and significant sporting event in Alaska, is located in Wasilla.

Wasilla gained international attention when Sarah Palin, who served as Mayor of Wasilla before her election as Governor of Alaska, was chosen by John McCain as his running mate for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Wasilla is named after Chief Wasilla, a local Dena'ina chief. "Wasilla" is the anglicized spelling of the chief's Russian-given name, Васи́лий Vasilij, which corresponds to the English name Basil.

Gender
Gender Wasilla Alaska Country
Female 51.8% 47.8% 50.8%
Male 48.2% 52.2% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%48%Female51.8%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.07%8%12%6%9%16%10%20%7%5%$100K to $150K20%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Wasilla Alaska Country
Less than $10,000 6.7% 3.8% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7.8% 2.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 12.2% 6.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 6% 6.7% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 9.2% 10.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 15.8% 18.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.4% 14.2% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 20% 19.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 6.6% 9.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 5.2% 8.8% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.02%5%39%26%9%10%8%0%1%High School or GED39%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Wasilla Alaska Country
< 9th Grade 2% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 5% 4% 7.0%
High School or GED 39% 28% 27.0%
Other College 26% 26% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 9% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 10% 19% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 0% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Wasilla Alaska  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K6.73.85.87.82.94.112.26.28.566.78.69.210.11215.818.317.210.414.212.82019.315.66.69.67.15.28.88.3
Education
 Wasilla Alaska  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade235547392827262620999101920889022111
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.078%1%5%4%6%0%6%0%White77.9%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Wasilla Alaska Country
White 77.9% 59.7% 60.1%
African American 1.1% 3.1% 12.2%
American Indian 5.4% 14.1% 0.6%
Asian 3.9% 6.2% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.3% 1.4% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 5.6% 7.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 5.8% 7.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Wasilla Alaska  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0020406080Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite77.959.760.11.13.112.25.414.10.63.96.25.60.31.40.200.40.35.67.92.85.87.218.2